Emilio Aguilar is an Argentine tenor who has established himself in the Netherlands as a versatile, expressive, and warm singer. He is a core member of the Netherlands Chamber Choir and a regular freelance performer with the Netherlands Bach Society. In addition, Emilio performs as a soloist in oratorio and early music concerts with ensembles such as Musica Temprana (Adrian van der Spoel), La Sfera Armoniosa (Mike Fentross), Jove Capella Reial de Catalunya (Jordi Savall), and Ensemble Elyma (Gabriel Garrido).
Emilio is a co-founder of the ensemble Seconda Practica, with which he has performed at prestigious European festivals such as the Festival d’Ambronay, the Göttingen Handel Festspiel, the Stockholm Early Music Festival, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, and the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.
Emilio’s musical journey began at the age of 9, when he started taking piano lessons at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory in his hometown of La Plata. At age 15, he became the youngest student ever admitted to the vocal department of the same institution. After graduating from high school, Emilio studied choral conducting at the University of Bellas Artes in Argentina. In September 2010, Emilio embarked on an international educational journey and moved to the Netherlands to study voice in the classical department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under Valerie Guillorit, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in June 2015. In 2020, Emilio completed two master’s degrees with honors: one in Early Music Voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the guidance of Xenia Meijer, and one in Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam.
In addition to his career as a performing musician, Emilio has contributed to articles in magazines such as Diffractions and Soapbox *Journal for Cultural Analysis*, as well as in the series Culture and Conflict by De Gruyter (2024).
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