‘A small masterpiece of both musical and dramatic imagination’
[ Shpigl ]
‘A serious and gifted composer’ ‘Consistently secure and imaginative’
John Adams
‘A leading figure in Spanish music’
‘A new masterwork of Spanish music, whose unique and unmistakable style reveals the universe of the composer’
[ The Styx ]
Justo Romero, Levante-EMV
‘An unconventional and highly personal vision’
Tomás Marco [ Three Nocturnes ]
‘Impeccably conceived and constructed pieces’
‘An important addition to the Spanish Contemporary piano repertoire’
Benet Casablancas [ Imatges ]
‘Strong and captivating music’
‘A perfect control of orchestration and timing’
Jean-Bernard Pommier [ Entfaltung ]
·Full list of compositions & recordings: HERE.
·Request Performing Materials: HERE.
·Résume:
Prize winner at the 2023 Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers’ Competition-Arboretum, Òscar Colomina i Bosch studied composition with Malcolm Singer and Simon Bainbridge, graduating with first class honours and a Master in Composition with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a PhD in Composition from the Royal Academy of Music.
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·Upcoming:
2024 | Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid – Guillem Gràcia, cello, Microsuite nº5. Noche del pensamiento franco-alemán, Festival de las Ideas.
2024 | Orquestra de València – ENSEMS Festival, València, The Styx (new commission, ENSEMS)
2024 | Franz Listz Academy – Marta Gulyas, members of the Szigeti Quartet, Nocturnes for piano trio & teaching.
2024 | FIMTE Festival, Mojácar – Leyla Cemiloglu, Imatges for solo piano
2024 | Mozarteum, Salzburg – Portrait Concert (dedicated chamber music concert) & teaching
2024 | Serranía Music Fest – Lucía Veintimilla (vl) & Lidy Blijdorp (vc), new commission
2025 | Orquesta Nacional de España – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, new commission (orchestral song cycle, premiere November 2025)
·Recent Performances:
2024 | Vlad Waltham – St. Martin-in-the-fields, London, Microsuite nº5 for solo cello (8th February, 20:30 hrs). INFO
2024 | Nuno Marques – Festival de Música Sacra, Benicàssim, València, Imatges for solo piano
2023 | Radom Chamber Orchestra – Radom Conservatoire, Poland, Open the Curtains for string orchestra
2023 | Antonio Galera – Centre Cultural La Beneficència, Valencia, Imatges for solo piano
2022 | Grup Instrumental de València – Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Badajoz, Vigo: Nocturnes for piano trio
2022 | Royal Academy of Music, Manson Ensemble – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Down Fifth Avenue
2022 | Ensemble Assonance – Yerevan Crossroads Festival: Nocturnes for piano trio
2022 | Jove Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Álvaro Albiach, conductor / Alacant, Castelló, València: Clothes Crying Slow, Dirty Tears & The Blue Flask
2022 | Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Shpigl
2022 | Solistas del siglo XXI – RNE / Juan Barahona: Imatges
2022 | Orquestra de València / Ramón Tébar, conductor / Ilya Gringolts, violin / Les Arts, València: Echo and Narcissus
2022 | Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias / Baldur Brönnimann, conductor / Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo: Entfaltung
2021 | Washington, Inst. Cervantes New York – Nuno Marques: Imatges
2021 | Iturbi International Piano Competition – semifinalists: Imatges
2021 | Festival de Córdoba – Luís Fernández Castelló: Crime
2021 | Grup Instrumental de València – València, Granada, Mallorca: Rotten Wood and Damaged Iron
2021 | Trío Arbós, Auditorio400 – CNDM: Nocturnes for piano trio
2020 | Royal Academy of Music – Mera Trio: Down Fifth Avenue
2020 | Moonwinds Simfònic – Godella, Castelló: The Blue Flask
2018 | Modus Novus, Auditorio 400 – CNDM: A Silent Geography
2017 | Orquesta de Valencia: Entfaltung
2017 | Royal Northern College of Music – Northern Lusofonia: Echo & Narcissus
2016 | Los Angeles Phil. – Walt Disney Concert Hall – Marley Erickson: Shpigl (Invitation by John Adams)
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·Other highlights:
·Competitions/Awards: prize winner at the 2023 Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers’ Competition-Arboretum; chosen for 50th anniversary of the Royal Festival Hall’s organ; Musicians Company Dr. Alfred Prindl Memorial Prize; Guildhall School/Orchestra of the Swan Composition Prize; Best Music Award in Tenerife Short Film Festival; Valencia’s Music of Today 2008; Barclays-St. Paul’s Cathedral Competition Prize (finalist).
·Commissions & Performances: Iturbi International Piano Competition 2021 (composer in residence for the competition’s 40th anniversary), Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, Arias Ensemble/Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical, Aldeburgh Festival, Philharmonia Orchestra (Music of Our Time Series), Modus Novus/Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical, Schubert Ensemble, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Musikaligeak San Sebastián, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition, Chamber Music 2000, Orchestra of the Swan, Valencian Music Institute-ENSEMS, Antares Ensemble, Kontakte Percussió, Linos Piano Trio, Grup Instrumental de València, Conjunto Instrumental de Música Gasteiz, Lawson Trio, Quinteto de Vento da Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Joven Orquesta Ciudad de Oviedo
·Festivals: Noon To Midnight (LAPhil), Cheltenham Festival, Harrogate Festival, Gower Festival, Oundle Festival, Frontiers Festival (Birmingham, 2015), Composers Now 2014 (New York), City of London Festival, Manchester QuartetFest, the European Congress of Conservatoires, ENSEMS-València, Burgos Summer Festival and the Encuentro Internacional de Compositores in Mallorca, International Conference on Contemporary Music (A Coruña University, Galicia, Spain), Spanish National Percussion Conference, Chacombe Festival, Gijón International Film Festival, Aarhus Festival (Denmark), IFCT Festival (USA).
·Venues: including venues across the UK, USA, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark and Italy, numbering the Walt Disney Concert Hall (L.A.), Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Auditorio 400 (Madrid), Menuhin Hall, Yale University’s Sprague Hall, New York University, Palau de la Música de Valencia, and the Auditorio de Galicia.
·Residencies: London’s Barbican Pit Theatre, Joven Orquesta Internacional Ciudad de Oviedo, Cove Park (Scotland), Bilbao Arte Fundazioa.
·Orchestration/Transcription work: Heinrich Schiff and the Kremerata Baltica (Gewandhaus, Leipzig 2009), Yehudi Menuhin International Competition (Beijing, 2012).
·Radio Broadcasts: Spain, Mexico, Denmark and the USA.
·Film: Oscar has also worked as a TV and Film composer. ‘El Cuadro’ (The Picture) a film by Ideami Productions featuring Oscar’s music won the Best Music Award in the Ateneo en Corto Film Festival in Tenerife (Canary Islands). ‘El Cuadro’ was also finalist in various other festivals: Gijón International Film Festival, Aarhus Festival in Denmark, IFCT Festival in the USA (touring New York, Los Angeles, etc), Short Films & Video Art Festival of Manresa, Aguilar Film Festival, Audiovisual SubImagen Festival, Mostra Minima Film Festival. You can watch it HERE.
