His musical influences have their roots in his early listening to Baker and Davis, which rightly earned him the title of 'apostle of electric Miles' (Francesco Prisco, Il Sole 24 Ore), but also in the rock of The Doors, AC/DC, Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, Led Zeppelin and are reflected in projects that range across different musical genres: from jazz to hip hop, from electronic music to grunge and singer-songwriter music. His passion for sound experimentation and recordings in unusual places are among the aspects most highlighted by the trade press, which describes him as a "contemporary sound explorer", while foreign critics recognize in him that particular Italian trait that in the international imagination recalls travel, creativity, visionary flair and beauty. Place and history take on a special value and are at the center of some of his best projects and of the festival he conceived and directed, "Riverberi", which uses the natural acoustics of historic places as a central element of the performance. World tours go hand in hand step with the love for the territory and his country, coincide with the drive of the traveler who tends towards elsewhere to return home with treasures made of experience and sound. An extraordinary project signed by him is the recording of an album in the archaeological site of Petra in collaboration with the Jordanian National Orchestra. The “PETRA” project has seen the involvement of prestigious partners such as the UNESCO Amman Office, the Petra Development and Tourism Authority and the Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization. An unprecedented initiative promoted within the global campaign #UNITE4HERITAGE, launched by UNESCO to defend the artistic and cultural heritage from terrorist crimes. He recorded the soundtrack of the film “Fortunata” – winner of the David di Donatello – directed by Sergio Castellitto on a screenplay by Margaret Mazzantini with Jasmine Trinca and Stefano Accorsi. In 2017 Aquino gave up, due to an injury, his Jazz Bike Tour, which would have included a tour of fifty consecutive concerts, to be faced by bicycle Benevento in Oslo. In 2019, after two years, he recovers from two conception injuries to the seventh facial nerve, records and publishes with the ACT MUSIC record label, his new album “Italian Songbook”. In 2021 he creates the project “GONG”, dedicated to the stories of great boxers, participates, with his music, in the creation of the video Oplontis “L'incoronazione di Poppea” directed by Alessandro Alatri, made in the UNESCO site Archaeological Park of Oplontis, creates his new green project “Natura in Musica”, in collaboration with the WWF, and the European project JaWo Music Residencies designed for the training of young musicians. In 2022 he creates the project “Gadara” with the Jordanian national orchestra, in a Roman theater in the archaeological site of the Jordanian city of Umm Qais, with a spectacular view of Lake Tiberias, at the crossroads of different paths and countries: Israel, Jordan, Syria, but also Palestine and Lebanon. A song from project “Gadara” was then used for the new film by Mimmo Paladino. His new album "LUNARIA 2" is coming out, scheduled for April 2024 with Parco della Musica Records. With this new album, together with his friends and historical travel companions Giovanni Francesca on guitar, Marco Bardoscia on double bass and Gianluca Brugnano on drums, Aquino tells a new story, with his original compositions and through the revisitation of three very well-known songs, such as "Can't Help Falling in Love", made famous by Elvis Presley, "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette and "Nature Boy" by Eden Ahbez.