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As a composer, she began her greatest production in 2002. In June 2003, she presented her first recital lasting more than two hours with only her own works, a concert in which 12 prestigious Costa Rican musicians participated. Her works specialize in chamber music which includes the piano.  Her language is neo-romantic, her works have been classified as compositions with great melodic development and with use of Latin American rhythms.

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Compositions:

 

Works for piano:

  1. Infinitamente

  2. #2 Preludes (2000 and 2005)

  3. #3 Nocturnes (2002-2003)

  4. Remembranzas Latinoamericanas (1997- for the left hand).

  5. "Estelí" (2009)

  6. “Mujer Latina”- 3 pieces (2010)

  7. "Mariposas"(2015)

  8. “Bajo el cristal gótico”- 2016- Suite for solo piano with 5 movements. Composed as the winner of a composition scholarship awarded by Ibermúsicas in March 2016 where she receives Spanish music tutorials for 6 weeks with the Catalan pianist Adolf Pla.

  9. Convik-Mort (2021) premiered at the University of Arizona by the Honduran pianist Joel Martínez.

For the book "Methodology of teaching the piano with only the left hand" of her authorship, she composed between 2012-2015:

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  1. #8 estudios para la mano izquierda (2016)

  2. Pentatónica #1 (2012)

  3. Pentatónica #2 (2016)

  4. Pentatónica #3 (2016)

  5. Pentatónica #4 (2016)

  6. Pentatónica #5 (2016)

  7. Cromatismos #1 (2016)

  8. Cromatismos #2 (2016)

  9. Cromatismos #3 (2016)

  10. Cromatismos #4 (2016)

  11. Cromatismos #5 (2016)

  12. Pequeño Preludio #1 (2016

  13. Pequeño Preludio #2 (2016)

  14. Pequeño Preludio #3 (2016)

  15. Caminata (2012-Rev 2016)

  16. Contemplación (2012)

  17. Preludio (al estilo Clásico/Romántico) (2012-Rev 2016)

  18. Larghetto-Allegro (2012-Rev 2016)

  19. Canto Triste (2012-Rev 2016)

  20. Elucubraciones (2012)

  21. Ternura (2012-Rev 2016)

  22. Impromptu (2012-Rev 2016)

  23. Nocturno #1 (2015)

  24. Nocturno #2 (2016)

  25. Nocturno #3 (2016)

Works transcribed by Pilar Aguilar for “left hand only” which are “original for piano” For the book
“Methodology of teaching the piano with only the left hand”:

1. Minuet---------------------------Handel
2. Andante---------------------------Krieger
3. Prelude C M-------------------JSBach
4. Study #2 op. 718---------------Czerny
5. Study #1 op. 718----------------Czerny
6. Study C major Op. 47-------Heller
7. Burlesque----------------------------Leopold Mozart
8. Minuet in C---------------------WA Mozart
9. Gavotte-------------------------------Graupner
10. Six Little Variations ------Kuhlau
11. Study C major Op. 47--------Heller
12. Study #1 op. 718-----------------Czerny
13. Minuet in G----------------------Beethoven
14. Prelude Op. 28 #7-----------------Chopin
15. Prelude Op. 28 #6-----------------Chopin
16. Prelude Op. 28 No. 11------------Chopin
17. Spring Dance---------------Greeg
18. Moonlight-----------------------Debussy
19. Chit Chat-----------------------------Kabalevsky.
20. The Bandit---------------------------Bartok
21. The Castle ---------------------------Villalobos
22. Constant-----------------------------Villalobos
23. Oh Lemon---------------------------- Villalobos

Works for Piano 4 hands:

1. Fantasía (1987)
2. Centenario (2007)

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Works for flute and piano:

  1. Inspiración Latinoamericana(1997)

  2. Lamento (1999)

  3. Géminis (2000)

  4. Pensamientos (2001)

  5. Añoranza (2004)

  6. 3 Danzas Lentas (2005)

  7. Cosmos (2011)

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Works for violin and piano:

  1. 4 Evocaciones (2002)

  2. Imágenes de Caña Dulce(2006)

  3. "Caletas" (2009)

  4. Suite Mujer Latinoamericana (2012)

  5. Valentina (2013)

  6. Cromark (2020)

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Works for solo violin:

  1. "Aires Nicoyanos" (2007)

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Works for Saxophone:

  1. Momentos (2003) for 4 saxophones

​Works for voice and piano:

a. Canto de Amor (1978-rev 2003) for soprano and piano
b. Dos Sonetos de Amor Humano (2008) for tenor and piano with texts by Jorge de Bravo.
c. “Ala deriva” (2014) songs based on poems by the Costa Rican Macarena Barahona

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Works for solo cello:

  1. Elegía Ostinato (2007)

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Trios

  1. Trio Elegíaco(2003) for violin -cello and piano

  2. Trio Eclipse (2003) for flute, cello and piano

 

Quartets

  1. Cuarteto Mayo (2002), for violin, viola, cello and piano;

  2. String Quartet: Junio Hispano (2014)

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Quintets:

  1. “Quinteto Ambar” (2005) for flute, violin, viola, cello and piano

  2. “Quinteto Abril” (2015) for String Quartet and clarinet

23. Oh Lemon (Villalobos)

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Works for Piano 4 hands:

1. Fantasy (1987)
2. Centennial (2007)​​

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Works for flute and piano:

  1. Latin American Inspiration(1997)

  2. Regret (1999)

  3. Gemini (2000)

  4. Thoughts (2001)

  5. Longing (2004)

  6. 3 Slow Dances (2005)

  7. Space (2011)

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Concert tours abroad as a composer and pianist:

  1. In October 2005 she toured Palma de Mallorca-Spain, where she performs 3 recitals with only works of his authorship. In this recital the parts of violin are performed by the Costa Rican violinist Grace Marín Aguilar (daughter of the pianist) and the other chamber music works are interpreted by Spaniards (flute, violin, viola, cello) and Pilar Aguilar plays the piano.

  2. In February 2006, the Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico invited Pilar Aguilar as a composer and performer to perform a recital in the city of Mexico for the diplomatic corps, people of Mexican culture and others personalities. For said event, solo  were also interpreted.Aguilar's compositions for solo piano and for violin and piano. the violinist was Grace Marin Aguilar

  3. In September 2007, she was invited by several organizations to interpret Spanish and Costa Rican music (including his own) and performs la he also toured with his daughter the violinist Grace Marín (who lives in Spain)
    1. Paris (by the Embassy of CR) from where the recital takes place in
    the Golden Room of Les Invalides (where Napoleon's tomb is)
    2. Two recitals organized by the General in Chief of the Balearic Islands
    (they are in Palma de Mallorca)

  4. Another recital at the Festival of the Academy of Fine Arts en Sabadell-Barcelona.

  5. Europe Tour 2012- In May/June 2012 he toured Europe with his daughter the violinist Grace Marín where they perform only works of Aguilar. On this tour they were invited by the Embassies of CR in Austria, England and Spain. They also give a recital in the Netherlands y another in the Sala Pau Casals in Vendrell, where they record for Ars Harmonizes his CD “Huellas en el Mar”.

b. Two Sonnets of Human Love (2008) for tenor and piano with texts by Jorge de Bravo.

c. “Ala deriva” (2014) songs based on poems by the Costa Rican Macarena Barahona

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Works for solo cello:

  1. Ostinato Elegy (2007)

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trios

  1. Elegiac Trio (2003) for violin -cello and piano

  2. Trio Eclipse (2003) for flute, cello and piano

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quartets

  1. Mayo Quartet (2002), for violin, viola, cello and piano;

  2. String Quartet: Junio Hispano (2014)

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Quintets:

  1. “Quinteto Ambar” (2005) for flute, violin, viola, cello and piano

  2. “Quinteto Abril” (2015) for String Quartet and clarinet

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​Works with orchestra:

  1. “Spring Concert” (2015) for String Quartet and orchestra. Work premiered on Dec. 22, 2015 with the OSH, soloists Cuarteto Hispano, director Eddie Mora

  2. “Mawanda Concert” (2017)- Concert for violin and orchestra premiered by OSUCR in Nov 2017. Soloist Grace Marín, conductor Alejandro Gutiérrez

  3. “Brushstrokes” (2018) work for “solo orchestra” dedicated to the great Master painter Rafa Fernández. This work, commissioned and rehearsed by the OSN, was canceled by the author after the general rehearsal on the day of the concert, since they wanted to cut one of the 4 small movements that made up the work. It was the only premiere in the “only women composers” program and the only composition by a Costa Rican.

  4. In September 2007, she was invited by several organizations to interpret  Spanish and Costa Rican music (including her own music) and performed the he also toured with his daughter, the violinist Grace Marín:  

1. Paris (by the CR Embassy) from where the recital takes place en the Golden Hall of Les Invalides 

2. Two recitals organized by the General in Chief of the Balearic Islands

5. Another recital at the Festival of the Academy of Fine Arts en Sabadell-Barcelona.

6. Europe Tour 2012- In May/June 2012 he toured Europe with his daughter the violinist Grace Marín where they perform only works of Aguilar. On this tour they were invited by the Embassies of CR in Austria, England and Spain. They also give a recital in the Netherlands y another in the Sala Pau Casals in Vendrell, where they record for Ars Harmonizes his CD “Huellas en el Mar”.

 

Europe Tour 2012 Itinerary:

A. Madrid: June 1 at the Villanueva del Pardillo Auditorium at 8pm.
B. Madrid: 3 de junio Teatro Ateneo  - 7p.m.
C. Holland: June 8- Den Bosch- private concert

D. London: June 12 Presented by the CR Embassy in England Bolivar Hall---7:30p.mE Spain-Catalonia-Vendrell: June 22 _5cc78190 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Pablo Cassals Auditorium—10p.mF Madrid: Presented by the CR Embassy in Spain. June 27-Buero Ballejo Theater-D. Vienna: June 29 –Juan Sebastian Bach Conservatory Theater Presented by the CR Embassy in Austria

Biography: as a composer

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