Conductor
2022-23 Season:
Conductor, New Works Collaborative Opera Theater St. Louis
Music Director, St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant & Cover Conductor, Opera Theater St. Louis
Conductor-in-Residence, Washington University
Music Director, Gateway Festival Orchestra
Guest Conductor, Chamber Music Society & St. Louis Ballet
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS – SUMMER 2022
Media
Darwin makes conducting debut with the Florida Grand Opera
Darwin has been invited to conduct the first opera of the FGO’s 2022/23 season: “El Matrimonio Secreto” by Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa, in a new Spanish translation by Darwin Aquino and Benedetta Orsi. But, everything happens with a new and very special Latino...
Article about opera premiere and Darwin’s musical life (In Spanish)
El estreno, en la Gran Opera de Miami, de «El Matrimonio Secreto» de Domenico Cimarosa, uno de los más prolíficos compositores del siglo dieciocho, que llegó a componer ochenta óperas y fue maestro del género «comedia bufa» o comedia cómica, muy popular durante aquella época por su acercamiento a temas populares, sus ágiles dúos y tríos, recitativos hablados y por su risueña trama, marca historia al ser una versión totalmente cantada en español.
Recent concert with Helen Kim, Associate Concertmaster Seattle Symphony Orchestra
The WashU Symphony Orchestra students will perform under the direction of Darwin Aquino, Conductor-in-Residence.
SLSO Stories: SLSO + WashU musicians together with Darwin
The weather couldn’t have been better for the continuation of an annual tradition: an outdoor welcome back concert at Washington University featuring St. Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians.
Conducting debut at the Interlochen Center for the Arts
Dominican conductor and composer Darwin Aquino continues to raise international attention and to inspire audiences and artists all around the world with his charismatic energy. Aquino’s constant presence in multiples stages is seen as a bright light for diversity and inclusion in classical music.
Darwin selected as Music Director candidate with the Missouri Symphony (MOSY)
An Uncommon Enigma July 13 | Missouri Theater Featuring and curated by music director candidate Darwin Aquino, our final masterworks program includes works such Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, Tchaikovsky’s Cappriccio Italien, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations....