Bachata, reimagined for a full orchestra.

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

Every album its own story. Ember and Ash, two sides of one fire.

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.

How it works

Every voice becomes an instrument.

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.

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.

Saxophones

Our most frequent lead vocalist. Warm, breathy and a little sly, the sax family carries Negro Mate, La Carcel and Dime Como Se Siente.

Woodwinds

Flutes, oboes and clarinets take the duets and the answers. On No Renunciare they are the two voices of the original.

Brass

The exclamation mark. Trumpets and trombones arrive when a line needs to be shouted, as in Por Que Te Niegas.

Harp & piano

The guitar's replacement. Requinto licks and bongo fills become harp arpeggios and piano phrases.

Percussion

Bongó, güira and congas keep it bachata. You can still dance to every track.

Live

Hear it with the orchestra in the room.

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 tickets

Next performance

Second 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.

Last time out

First Performance with Awesöme Orchestra Collective, Melissa Garay and Marcin Wisniewski

July 3, 2025 · Natomas Cabana, San Francisco

Contact

Book the orchestra. Or just say hi.

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.