ÒSCAR COLOMINA I BOSCH


Òscar studied conducting and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was awarded a PhD by the latter institution in 2010.

He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music and the Yehudi Menuhin School, and he has been a guest lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague School for Young Talent.

As a composer he won the competition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal Festival Hall's organ, the Musicians' Company Memorial Prize, the Guildhall School/Orchestra of the Swan Composition Prize, the "Best Soundtrack" prize at the Tenerife Short Film Festival, and Valencia's "2008 Music of Today" award.

He has been commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Schubert Ensemble, the Valencian Music Institute, the Kontakte percussion group, and the "Estío Burgalés" summer festival. His compositions has been premiered at Wigmore Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Yale University, the Valencia Palau de la Música, and the Auditorio de Galicia with the Galicia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; they has been broadcast via radio in Spain, Mexico, Denmark and the USA; and have featured in the City of London Festival, ENSEMS-València, Composers Now (New York), Música en Compostela, the European Conservatory Conference, and the International Composers Summit in Mallorca.

He has written orchestral arrangements for Heinrich Schiff and the Kremerata Baltica (Gewanghaus, Leipzig 2009), the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition (Beijing, 2012) and was a resident composer at the Barbican Pit Theatre (London).

He is currently Artistic Director of the City of Salamanca Youth Orchestra (2011-2014). He regularly conducts concerts with ensembles from the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal Academy. He has been a guest conductor for projects involving dance and audiovisuals at the London Contemporary Dance School, the Segovia Festival, and the Madrid Fine Arts Circle. His future engagements include concerts with Camerata XXI and the Contemporary Ensemble of the University of Jaén.