Strings
The backbone. Violins, violas, cellos and bass carry the pulse and, on songs like Mariposas and Vida, step forward to sing the melody themselves.
The songs you already dance to, rewritten for strings, woodwinds, brass and harp. Every voice becomes an instrument. Every heartbreak gets a string section.
Three albums out · one on the way
Bachata has always told the whole story of love, from the first look to the door closing. Each of our albums takes up a different part of it, and Ember and Ash are sister albums, the same fire lit and gone out. Love Letters arrives October 2026. Start with whatever you're feeling tonight.
Falling in and out of love, in seven movements. Where it all began.
7 songs →
The rush of a new love. Bright, bold, and a little reckless.
5 songs →
What is left when the fire goes out. Quiet, honest, and unafraid.
5 songs →
A collection of love notes for those loved, loved now, and yet to be met.
Coming soon →How it works
A bachata singer never just sings; they plead, tease and confess. We give each of those jobs to a family of the orchestra, so the song keeps its personality without a single lyric being sung.
The backbone. Violins, violas, cellos and bass carry the pulse and, on songs like Mariposas and Vida, step forward to sing the melody themselves.
Our most frequent lead vocalist. Warm, breathy and a little sly, the sax family carries Negro Mate, La Carcel and Dime Como Se Siente.
Flutes, oboes and clarinets take the duets and the answers. On No Renunciare they are the two voices of the original.
The exclamation mark. Trumpets and trombones arrive when a line needs to be shouted, as in Por Que Te Niegas.
The guitar's replacement. Requinto licks and bongo fills become harp arpeggios and piano phrases.
Bongó, güira and congas keep it bachata. You can still dance to every track.
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Live
We perform with the Awesöme Orchestra Collective in the San Francisco Bay Area, alongside vocalist Melissa Garay. Our first concert was July 2025 in San Francisco. The next one is being planned now.
Shows and ticketsSecond Performance with Awesöme Orchestra Collective
Date to be announced · Coming soon
Ticket link and playbill forthcoming. Follow @bachatasymphony or email us to be first to know.
First Performance with Awesöme Orchestra Collective, Melissa Garay and Marcin Wisniewski
July 3, 2025 · Natomas Cabana, San Francisco
The people
Contact
Festivals, socials, congresses, weddings, concert halls. If you want a bachata orchestra in the room, or a DJ set built around the arrangements, write to us.