Miguel del Aguila
Biography
An internationally recognized compositional voice and talent, Miguel del Aguila creates fresh, spontaneous music often colored by Latin and World Music idioms, and with a healthy respect for the classical tradition and form. What results is a captivating interplay of classical balance and romantic excess. His penchant for devising programs for his own works further enhances his highly dramatic style in which musical ideas, always simple and recognizable, are pushed to extremes by propulsive rhythms and adventurous instrumentation.
Biography
Biography
Two-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born 1957 in Montevideo, Uruguay. His prolific music output and distinctive musical style has placed him among the most highly regarded composers of his generation. He came to the attention of European audiences in 1983 when his Messages premiered at Musikvereinsaal, the home of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Soon performances at Konzerthaus and Bösendorfer Hall followed, marking the beginning of an international career that spans over two decades. In 1987 Peermusic published his first works eventually incorporating most of Aguila’s works to their catalogue. American audiences embraced Aguila’s music in 1988 as he introduced his piano works at New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall; and days later, Lukas Foss premiered his Hexen with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. KKM-Austria and Albany Records-NY took notice releasing in 1989/’90 two CD’s with five of his works.
During the 1990’s Aguila’s list of works grew as did the number of his recordings, performances and honors which by 1995 included the prestigious Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. Performances at NY’s Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Opera House, and in Moscow, Vienna, Zurich, Budapest, Prague, Tokyo, Rome and other major capitals, begun a decade of expansion and growth. After residing in Vienna for ten years, Aguila returned to the US in 1992 making California his home. Before long Los Angeles Times critics welcomed him as "One of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers." During this time he founded and directed the young musicians group Voices, and became music director of Ojai Camerata (1996-1999).
In 2001 New York’s Chautauqua Festival invited him as Resident Composer where he remained until 2004 contributing with new works, performances and literary articles. In 2005 Aguila accepted a two year Composer in Residence position with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, through a Meet The Composer - Music Alive Award. This marked the start of an intensively creative period that culminated with the fully staged premiere of his opera Time and Again Barelas, commemorating Albuquerque’s tricentennial.
By 2008 first rate orchestras, ensembles and soloists were regularly commissioning and performing his works worldwide. They included almost fifty orchestras, over two hundred chamber ensembles and soloists in virtually every country in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Currently Aguila’s catalogue reaches over a hundred works for all genres. His music is widely available on twenty one CD’s released by Bridge, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany, and Centaur among others .
Recently, Aguila was honored by the Recording Academy with two Latin Grammy nominations for his CD Salon Buenos Aires and for his composition Clocks. He also received the MTC Magnum Opus Award 2010, the Lancaster Symphony “Composer of the Year Award 2009”, the Peter S. Reed Foundation Award 2008, MTC Magnum Opus Award 2008, as well as awards by The Copland and Argosy Foundations among others. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with post graduate studies at Vienna’s Hochschule für Musik and Vienna Konservatorium.
His busy 2011 season includes performances at St. Martin in the Fields and Deutschen Oper Berlin and premieres by Nashville, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Buffalo. Memphis and Winnipeg symphonies among others.
Nominado a dos Grammys, Miguel del Aguila es considerado uno de los más destacados compositores de su generación, no solo por su gran numero de obras sino también por la originalidad de su lenguaje musical. Su carrera que abarca casi tres décadas, se inicia en Viena al estrenarse su Messages en la sala Musikverinssaal, sede de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Viena. Su música comienza luego a ejecutarse frecuentemente en las principales salas de Europa y en 1987 la editorial Peermusic publica sus primeras obras que seguirá publicando hasta la fecha. En 1988, Lukas Foss presenta su Hexen en Nueva York con la Filarmónica de Brooklyn y luego de un segundo concierto en Carnegie Recital Hall una semana más tarde, Albany Records y KKM-Austria le ofrecen grabar cinco de sus obras que aparecen al año siguiente en dos discos compactos.
Durante los 90’s su música es reconocida con numerosos premios y encargos, entre otros, el prestigioso Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. Esta década que comienza con conciertos en el Lincoln Center de Nueva York, Royal Opera House en Londres, y ejecuciones en Moscú, Viena, Zurich, Budapest, Praga, Tokio y Roma culmina con nuevas grabaciones y publicaciones de sus obras. Luego de residir diez años en Viena, Aguila se muda a California donde en pocos meses el “Los Angeles Times” lo considera “uno de los más prometedores jóvenes compositores de la costa oeste”. Luego de tres años como director de la Ojai Camerata, Aguila es invitado como compositor en residencia por Chautauqua Festival en Nueva York, donde reside cuatro años y más tarde por la Orquesta Sinfónica de Nuevo Mexico donde reside hasta el 2006. Aquí estrena su ópera Time and Again Barelas en la occasión del tricentenario de la fundación de Alburquerque. Para el 2008 su música es ejecutada mundialmente por destacados solistas, más de cincuenta orquestas, y por encima de doscientos grupos de cámara.
Actualmente su catálogo cuenta con ciento cuatro obras para todos los géneros musicales y más de veinte discos compactos para los sellos: Bridge, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany y Centaur entre otros. En 2010 recibe dos nominaciones al Grammy por su CD Salón Buenos Aires y por su obra Clocks. Recientemente también le fue otorgado el premio “Lancaster Symphony Composer of the Year Award 2009“, “Peter S. Reed Foundation Award 2008”, “MTC Magnum Opus Award 2008” y “The Copland Foundation Award” entre otros.
La temporada de conciertos 2010-11 contará con estrenos y ejecuciones de sus obras por las orquestas de Nashville, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Buffalo, Memphis y Winnipeg, como también por numerosos solistas y grupos de cámara, destacándose presentaciones en Saint Martin in the Fields, Londres y la Deutschen Oper de Berlín.
now playing:
Ave Maria from Barelas Choral Suite
During the 1990’s Aguila’s list of works grew as did the number of his recordings, performances and honors which by 1995 included the prestigious Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. Performances at NY’s Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Opera House, and in Moscow, Vienna, Zurich, Budapest, Prague, Tokyo, Rome and other major capitals, begun a decade of expansion and growth. After residing in Vienna for ten years, Aguila returned to the US in 1992 making California his home. Before long Los Angeles Times critics welcomed him as "One of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers." During this time he founded and directed the young musicians group Voices, and became music director of Ojai Camerata (1996-1999).
In 2001 New York’s Chautauqua Festival invited him as Resident Composer where he remained until 2004 contributing with new works, performances and literary articles. In 2005 Aguila accepted a two year Composer in Residence position with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, through a Meet The Composer - Music Alive Award. This marked the start of an intensively creative period that culminated with the fully staged premiere of his opera Time and Again Barelas, commemorating Albuquerque’s tricentennial.
By 2008 first rate orchestras, ensembles and soloists were regularly commissioning and performing his works worldwide. They included almost fifty orchestras, over two hundred chamber ensembles and soloists in virtually every country in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Currently Aguila’s catalogue reaches over a hundred works for all genres. His music is widely available on twenty one CD’s released by Bridge, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany, and Centaur among others .
Recently, Aguila was honored by the Recording Academy with two Latin Grammy nominations for his CD Salon Buenos Aires and for his composition Clocks. He also received the MTC Magnum Opus Award 2010, the Lancaster Symphony “Composer of the Year Award 2009”, the Peter S. Reed Foundation Award 2008, MTC Magnum Opus Award 2008, as well as awards by The Copland and Argosy Foundations among others. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with post graduate studies at Vienna’s Hochschule für Musik and Vienna Konservatorium.
His busy 2011 season includes performances at St. Martin in the Fields and Deutschen Oper Berlin and premieres by Nashville, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Buffalo. Memphis and Winnipeg symphonies among others.
8/20/2011
Biografía en Español
Durante los 90’s su música es reconocida con numerosos premios y encargos, entre otros, el prestigioso Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. Esta década que comienza con conciertos en el Lincoln Center de Nueva York, Royal Opera House en Londres, y ejecuciones en Moscú, Viena, Zurich, Budapest, Praga, Tokio y Roma culmina con nuevas grabaciones y publicaciones de sus obras. Luego de residir diez años en Viena, Aguila se muda a California donde en pocos meses el “Los Angeles Times” lo considera “uno de los más prometedores jóvenes compositores de la costa oeste”. Luego de tres años como director de la Ojai Camerata, Aguila es invitado como compositor en residencia por Chautauqua Festival en Nueva York, donde reside cuatro años y más tarde por la Orquesta Sinfónica de Nuevo Mexico donde reside hasta el 2006. Aquí estrena su ópera Time and Again Barelas en la occasión del tricentenario de la fundación de Alburquerque. Para el 2008 su música es ejecutada mundialmente por destacados solistas, más de cincuenta orquestas, y por encima de doscientos grupos de cámara.
Actualmente su catálogo cuenta con ciento cuatro obras para todos los géneros musicales y más de veinte discos compactos para los sellos: Bridge, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany y Centaur entre otros. En 2010 recibe dos nominaciones al Grammy por su CD Salón Buenos Aires y por su obra Clocks. Recientemente también le fue otorgado el premio “Lancaster Symphony Composer of the Year Award 2009“, “Peter S. Reed Foundation Award 2008”, “MTC Magnum Opus Award 2008” y “The Copland Foundation Award” entre otros.
La temporada de conciertos 2010-11 contará con estrenos y ejecuciones de sus obras por las orquestas de Nashville, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Buffalo, Memphis y Winnipeg, como también por numerosos solistas y grupos de cámara, destacándose presentaciones en Saint Martin in the Fields, Londres y la Deutschen Oper de Berlín.
8/2011
now playing:
Ave Maria from Barelas Choral Suite
