Miguel del Aguila

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

Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-American composer Miguel del Águila was born in Montevideo. In more than 115 works that couple drama and driving rhythm with nostalgic nods to his South American roots, del Águila 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, del Águila moved to 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 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, del Águila introduced his works in New York's Carnegie Hall. Lukas Foss premiered del Águila's Hexen with Brooklyn Philharmonic. CDs of his works were released on Albany Records and KKM-Austria by 1990.

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