Miguel del Aguila will be performing as guest pianist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra at our Echoes of the Americas concert on November 16. Tickets are available online or through our box office.
Grammy-nominated contemporary American composer Miguel del Aguila writes distinctive, innovative modern classical music highly influenced by his Latin American roots. A prominent voice in 20th and 21st-century music, he remains a vital influence in contemporary classical music, with 140 compositions that infuse musical diversity into the modern chamber and orchestral music repertoire. His creative, rhythm-driven works blend tradition with modernity with drama and nostalgic nods to his South American Hispanic heritage. With 61 CDs, his music enjoys 200+ live performances yearly, earning acclaim like “brilliant and witty” (NY Times) and “sonically dazzling” (LATimes). Thousands of soloists, ensembles and orchestras commissioned and perform his music worldwide. Besides three Grammy nominations, he received a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, New Music USA’s Music Alive and Magnum Opus, Copland Foundation awards among many others. After studies in his native Montevideo, he graduated from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and continued studies at Vienna’s Universität für Musik un Darstellende Kunst. Early premieres in Musikverein and Konzerthaus were followed by his 1986 Carnegie Recital Hall debut and by Lukas Foss/Brooklyn Philharmonic concerts.