Miguel del Aguila

https://youtu.be/U_oFptuRK5I - Click for excerpts from recent #CONGA performance by #CarnegieMellon #Philharmonic #GuillermoFigueroa #conductor at   #Carnegie #Music Hall in   #Pittsburgh - #MigueldelAguila

In #Seattle staying home, isolating from #Coronavirus exposure; a lot feels like this music. Thought I would share this wonderful recording of #SILENCE. What an amazing performance JavierVinasco! Listen to his phrasing and expressivity towards the end. pianist is the composer himself #Miguel del Aguila - https://youtu.be/Tes42uqKZkU

Also this Saturday #MigueldelAguila's #Seduccion at #WallCityMusicFestival in #Derry UK performed by #TrioFestivale: #SabrinaHu #flute #GeraldPeregrine #cello #CathalBreslin #piano - Info: https://www.millenniumforum.co.uk/shows/wcmftrio-festivale/

Coming up this Saturday, #TangoTrio performed by #ProMusicaChamberOrchestra Ensemble in #Columbus, OH Info: https://promusicacolumbus.org/event/tango-in-paris/ Perform: Ilya Shterenberg #clarinet Joel Becktell #cello Ryan Behan #piano #MigueldelAguila

Coming up Sunday 23, at #GunnTheater #LegionofHonor #SanFrancisco #Avedis Series presents first of three concerts featuring the music of #MigueldelAguila with #SalonBuenosAires perfroming: #AlexandraHawley #PaulHersh #RoyMalan #StephenHarrison #RobinSutherland #MarkBrandenburg

This Friday, #TangoTrio in #Miami, FL performed by #FrostChamberPlayers. #MauriceGusman #ConcertHall at #FrostSchoolofMusic - #UniversityofMiami - #MigueldelAguila

Looking forward to Sunday's performance of #ViolinConcerto, a work I wrote for Guillermo Figueroa who will be performing it with #SantaFeSymphony #Orchestra Nir Kabaretti, conductor. Can't wait to see old NM friends and to work with this great orchestra - info/tickets: https://santafesymphony.org/event/new-worlds/

Just posted! video of #ConciertoenTango 's recent performance by amazingly talented solo cellist #OvidiuMarinescu with #NewarkSymphony #Orchestra #SimeoneTartaglione conducting. My kudos and thanks to you and everyone in the orchestra https://youtu.be/RfQm30T2TuY

Heading to Augusta, GA for this Saturday's performance of #TheFallofCuzco and #GiantGuitar by #AugustaSymphony #Orchestra - #DirkMeyer, conductor. Concert at Miller Theater 7:30. Info and tickets here: https://millertheateraugusta.com/event/american-rhythms/ I'll see you there!

Thanks #BeauSoir Ensemble for yesterday's great performance of #Submerged and for featuring the work on your 2020 programs. Next Submerged performance: January 23rd at Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC. http://instituteofmexicodc.org/indextest.php

Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-American composer Miguel del Aguila named 2020 composer in residence with Orchestra of the Americas. "I'm happy and deeply honored to join the great Orchestra of the Americas as 2020 Composer in Residence. It will be such a thrill to work with these first rate musicians and to collaborate again with conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto towards performances of my works The Fall of Cuzco and Conga-Line in Hell. Join us for our first performances this June at Alfredo de Saint Malo International Music Festival in Panama. Concerts will include the world premiere of my new work jointly commissioned by Isaac Casal and the Festival" The Orchestra of the Americas is a pan-American symphony of top musicians representing 25+ countries in the Western Hemisphere. With more than 5,000 musicians entering the audition process each year, the 80-member ensemble ranks among the most competitive music platforms in the world. Full scholarships ensure the ...

Check out this new recording by the amazing #Pentaedre of my new #WindQuintet: #QuintetoSinfónico! They just premiered in Montreal, Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n271kEFOviI

I just finished my first work of 2020! #TEMPLANDO it's my Op.125, and was commissioned by #IsaacCasal and Festival #AlfredodeSaintMalo in Panama where it'll be premiered in June. The work is for #EnsembleBlast scored for #violin , #cello , #contrabass , and #piano . Here a little about its story... Templando describes imaginary events happening during the traditional ceremony of tempering the drums by the fire performed by the Candombe players of Uruguay before a performance. As the piece begins the drums are cold and their sound is hollow and dry. Soon a fire is lit and slowly the musicians surround the fire bringing their drums close to it and testing them by playing. While the “mate” is passed around, stories are exchanged and musicians improvise alone and together. The warm-up becomes more intense as the drummers invoke the spirits of their African ancestors through their playing. (The actual performance can’t begin without their presence). Near th...