MIGUEL DEL ÁGUILA
“Vibrant colorful music pulsating with a tremendous rhythmic vitality”
Fanfare
“elegant and affectionate music, a delicious send-up of Minimalism”
The New York Times
CONTACT: m@migueldelaguila.com
my music…
I strive to write music that is sincere and that stirs intense emotions in the performer and the listener. Music that expresses my humanity, my times, my geography and my Latin heritage. Often rhythmically driven and virtuosic, I’m always concerned with its dramatic effectiveness. I don’t think in terms of trends or current styles of composition. The story that my music is telling determines its sound and form.
“dependably brilliant” – The New Yorker Magazine
“sonically dazzling” – Los Angeles Times
“disarmingly genial” – San Francisco Sentinel
“expressive and dramatic” – American Record Guide
“with near to obsessive vitality” – Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
2021-2022 HIGHLIGHTS
Windsync CD #2 on Billboard classical Charts!
It includes an amazing recording of Miguel del Aguila’s Wind Quintet No.2 Bravo Windsync!
Submerged at Arte Amanti International Ch. Music Festival Flanders
5/22/2022 six concerts featuring Aguila’s works by six ensembles in Europe the US, UK and South America. SUBMERGED heads the list with four performances in Belgium, Switzerland, the UK and Italy! Next Thursday also Vienna, Austria.
This week 6 concerts featuring MigueldelAguila’s music in Europe
This week SEDUCCIÓN at Fräiraim Festival Luxembourg – two SILENCE performances in Paris, SUMMERSONG in Rotterdam, Netherlands – SUBMERGED in Bath UK – SALONBUENOSAIRES at Glazba Fetival in Croatia
recording new Piano Quintets Album
with Cuarteto Latinoamericano Sally Pinkas Marisa Canales recording CD album for Urtext Digital Classics Futura studio Boston 2022

speaking during short residence at HOP Hopkins Center for the Arts
speaking as composer in residence 2022 Hopkins Center for the Arts HOP Dartmouth
with Cuarteto Latinoamericano at Tamboreño premiere
After premiere of piano quintets Tamboreno Boliviana and Concierto en Tango at HOP
Imani Winds premieres Blindfold Music
at Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Bach Festival
Broken Rondo - Staatskapelle Weimar
German first Performance of Broken Rondo by Staatskapelle Weimar at Deutsche Nationaltheater – Weimar, Germany
Quinteto Sinfónico - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Four more live performances by CSO’s in collaboration with Chicago Children’s Theater on Once Upon a Time multimedia production – Symphony Center, Chicago
Charango Capriccioso - Sao Paulo Dance Company
Several danced performances of Charango Capriccioso’s new choreography performed by Theatro Sao Pedro Orchestra – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Malambo - Seattle Symphony
West Coast premiere of Malambo bassoon and orchestra version by Seattle Symphony
Seducción - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
LACO performs Secucción at Colburn School Theater, Los Angeles
Herbsttag - The Minnesota Orchestra
The Minnesota Orchestra performs Herbsttag on a concert broadcast live from Orchestra Hall by MPR/PBS
Composer in residence - Danish Chamber Players/ Ensembel Storstrøm
Danish Chamber Players/ Ensemble Storstrøm performing several works at Festival Sommermusik på Fuglsang and Holmegaard Glass Museum – Copenhagen, Denmark
Blinfold Music premiere - Imani Winds
Imani Winds premieres a new wind quintet at Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Bach Festival – Portland, Eugene and Ashland, OR
“a strong individual and vibrant voice that communicates with extraordinary power. His command of the orchestra is extraordinary and his sense of structure and direction create works that are compelling and memorable. One of the most significant voices in our compositional landscape today”
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2021 Composer in Residence Danish Chamber Players / Ensemble Storstrøm
Thanks Danish Chamber Players /Ensemble Storstrøm for a wonderful year of collaborations on performances of my works at Holmegaard Glass Museum and Festival Sommermusik på Fuglsang. Submerged, Malambo, Salon Buenos Aires, and Clocks among other works
2020 Composer in Residence Orchestra of the Americas
I'm deeply honored to join the great Orchestra of the Americas and conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto as 2020 Composer in Residence. Thrilled to work with these first rate musicians
Back cover Symphony Magazine Fall 2020, and 2021 Musical America Annual Directory, Thank you BMI Classical and Deirdre Chadwick for your support!
For inquiries CONTACT:
m@migueldelaguila.com
Three-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born in Uruguay. In over 130 works that combine drama, driving rhythms and nostalgic nods to his South American roots, he has established himself among the most distinctive and highly regarded composers of his generation. His music, which enjoys over 200 performances yearly, has been hailed as “brilliant and witty" (New York Times), “sonically dazzling” (LATimes) and “expressive and dramatic” (American Record Guide).
He is 2021 composer in residence with Danish Chamber Players/Ensemble Storstrøm, after residences with Orchestra of the Americas, New Mexico Symph, Fresh Ink, CTSummerfest, Talis, and Chautauqua. 2021 commissions include works for Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Eroica Trio and Fivebyfive. He was honored with 3 Latin Grammy nominations, Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, New Music USA/Music Alive, Magnum Opus Award, Lancaster Symph. Composer of the Year, and Copland Foundation among others.
His music has international appeal and presence with performances by over 100 orchestras, thousands of ensembles and 51 CD recordings. This list includes Royal Liverpool Phil, Welsh BBC, Norwegian Radio Orch, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester; Kiev, Odessa, Heidelberg, Mexico, Buffalo and Louisiana philharmonics; Toronto, Nashville, Seattle, Albany, San Antonio, Long Beach, Fort Worth, Santa Barbara, Sarasota, Codarts, Caracas, Puerto Rico and Sao Paulo symphonies. Artists who perform his works include JoAnn Falletta, Giancarlo Guerrero, Marin Alsop, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Lukas Foss, Gerard Schwarz, Jorge Mester, Guillermo Figueroa, David Allan Miller, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Andrew Litton, Eckart Preu and Jose Arean; LA Chamber Orchestra, SphinxVirtuosi, Windscape, PNME, SOLI, Chicago Phil.Ch.Players, MACE, New Juilliard Ens, Philadelphia Ch.Ens, Collegium Novum Zürich, Kammerensemble Classic, Imani, FifthHouse, Invoke, Pacifica, and Verona quartets.
New/upcoming releases of his works include CDs by Norwegian Radio Orch; Louisiana Phil, Augusta Symph, Cuarteto Latinoamericano and Eroica Trio, on Naxos, Albany, Bridge and Centaur. Festival performances include Aspen, Breckenridge, Cabrillo, Ravinia, Oregon Bach Festival, Minnesota Orch.Sommerfest, Saarburg, Music in the Vineyards, Focus! Bregenz Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen Budapest Spring, Cervantino, San Miguel de Allende, Prague Spring.
A sought after guest lecturer, he also serves on Barlow Endowment’s Board of Advisors. He's published by Peermusic, Presser and self-published. After graduating from San Francisco Conservatory he studied at Vienna's Universität für Musik un Darstellende Kunst. Early premieres in Musikverein and Konzerthaus were followed by Carnegie Recital Hall and Lukas Foss/Brooklyn Philharmonic concerts. Soon after his US return LATimes praised him as "one of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers" and San Antonio Express-News as “One of the more intriguing compositional voices to come along in recent years“. He currently lives in Seattle.
2020-2021 performances/collaborations include Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota and Charlotte Symphonies, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Theatro São Pedro orchestra, São Paulo Dance Company, Brazil and Stavanger Symphoniorchestrer, Norway