VIOLIN CONCERTO Miguel del Aguila G. Figueroa violin Augusta Symphony Orchestra Dirk Meyer conductor

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VIOLIN CONCERTO
Concierto para violin y orquesta Violinkonzert Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

music: Miguel del Aguila (BMI)
publisher: Miguel del Aguila / Peermsic Classical
©Copyright 2007 by Miguel del Aguila All Rights Reserved for All Countries

Guillermo Figueroa, violin
Augusta Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Meyer, conductor

CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA Op. 94 – 2007
The Journey of a Lifetime (El viaje de una vida). - 26’

Instruments: Solo Violin, 2222, 423, Timp +3 perc, Harp, Celeste, strings
Commissioned by the New Mexico Symphony and its music director Guillermo Figueroa

I. Crossing the Ocean to a New World (Cruzando el océano hacia un nuevo mundo)
II. (Vidalita) - In the Purple Land (En la tierra púrpura)
III - IV The Return (El regreso) - Finale (Jota)

Commissioned and premiered by the New Mexico Symphony and its music director Guillermo Figueroa, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was finished in early 2007, and premiered 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. The violin soloist is turned here into a traveler who becomes the protagonist of the story. The orchestra often represents the outside world as he sees it. As the work progresses, the actual trip becomes a symbol of a more existential journey: LIFE.

As the Concerto begins, the traveler abandons his homeland (Spain) to embark in a long journey as a minimalist, undulating theme carries him steadily across the ocean. During the long journey, he reminisces and loses himself in introspection. The 2nd. Movement, is distant and somber as the soloist backstage seems to play from a place far away in South America, as suggested by a repeating theme in the style of the Vidalita: the simple, slow and nostalgic song of the gauchos. The brief movement III depicts an imagined return to his birthplace many years later as he confronts his past. The final movement, which starts on a light mood ends the work with a dramatic confrontation between soloist and orchestra, (or the traveler and the outside world, as he realizes that one can never return to the same place and the place he left long ago is lost forever and only exists as it was in his mind.


Three-time Grammy-nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila is known for his distinctive modern classical music, deeply influenced by his Latin American roots. A leading figure in 20th and 21st-century music, his 140 compositions bring vibrant diversity to contemporary chamber and orchestral repertoires. His rhythm-driven, dramatic works blend tradition and modernity with echoes of his Latin heritage.
With 70 CDs and over 200 live performances annually, his music has been praised as “brilliant and witty” (NY Times) and “sonically dazzling” (LA Times). His recordings have topped the Billboard Classical Charts with some nearing half a million streams. In 2010, his Salon Buenos Aires album earned two Latin Grammy nominations, and in 2015, Concierto en Tango earned him a third nomination.
His works, performed by thousands of ensembles and by over 100 orchestras worldwide, have been conducted by Leonard Slatkin, Lukas Foss, JoAnn Falletta, Marin Alsop, Gerard Schwarz and Giancarlo Guerrero among others.
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