Miguel del Águila

For the painter, see Miguel del Aguila (painter).

Miguel del Águila (born 15 September 1957, Montevideo)[1] is an Uruguayan-born American composer of contemporary classical music.

Life

Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-American composer Miguel del Aguila was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. In more than 115 works that couple drama and driving rhythm with nostalgic nods to his South American roots, he is considered among the most distinctive composers of the postmodern. His music has been performed worldwide by over 60 orchestras, by thousands of ensembles and soloists, and recorded on 32 CDs. His training took place in both the Americas and Europe.

In 1978 he moved to the USA (California) fleeing Uruguay's 1970's repressive military government. After graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music he traveled to Vienna, where he studied at the Hochschule für Musik with Eric Urbanner and Konservatorium . Early premieres of his works in Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus and Bösendorfer halls introduced his music and distinctive Latin sound to European audiences. In 1989 he introduced his works in New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall and Lukas Foss premiered his Hexen with Brooklyn Philharmonic. CDs of his works were released on Albany Records and KKM-Austria by 1990.

Del Aguila returned to the U.S. in 1992, where soon The Los Angeles Times described him as "one of the West Coast's most promising and enterprising young composers." He received the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award in 1995, and was music director of Ojai Camerata until 1999. In the 1990s his works were performed at Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Opera House, and in most European capitals. In 2010 he received two Latin Grammy nominations, for the CD Salón Buenos Aires and for his work Clocks. In 2015 a third Grammy nomination for his Concierto en Tango which, two years after its premiere has already been scheduled 25 orchestra performances worldwide. His works are recorded on Naxos, Dorian, Telarc, New Albion, Albany, Centaur and Eroica among others and published by Peermusic Classical.

Compositions

Chamber Chamber works without piano

Orchestral

Choral / vocal

Piano and solo Instrument

Dance, film, tv

References

  1. ↑ Schleifer, Martha Furman. Latin American classical composers: A biographical dictionary. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996.
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