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Òscar Colomina i Bosch
Composer/Conductor
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Personal Details & Contact
Full Name:
Òscar Colomina i Bosch
Date of birth:
18/02/1977
Nationality:
Spanish (UK based since 2001)
Address:
38, Elmer Mews
Leatherhead, Surrey
KT22 9DN
Web:
www.oscarcolomina.com
E-mail:
[email protected]
Mobile:
0044-7796207648
Qualifications
·PhD in Composition (2010) from the Royal Academy of Music with Simon Bainbridge.
·MMus in Composition (Distinction, 2006) from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with
Malcolm Singer.
·BMusHons in Composition (First Class, 2005) from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
with Malcolm Singer. Conducting studies with Alan Hazeldine and Sian Edwards.
·BMus in Violin at the Conservatorio Superior Joaquín Rodrigo de Valencia, Spain (2001).
Employment
—The Yehudi Menuhin School
Position:
Dates:
Responsibilities:
Conductor/General Music Teacher
September 2006-Present
(Part Time)
General music teaching, conducting orchestras and ensembles.
— Royal Academy of Music (London)
Position:
Dates:
Responsibilities:
Professor of Orchestration
September 2013-Present
(Part Time)
Teaching orchestration (Y1, Y2, Y3) and conducting for
postgraduate composers, conducting ensembles in workshops
and public concerts.
—Joven Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Salamanca (Spain)
Position:
Dates:
Responsibilities:
Principal Conductor and Artistic Director
April 2011- June 2014
Prepare and conduct 5 public concerts per year; overall
responsibility for programming and liaising with soloists.
—Royal Conservatoire of The Hague-School for Young Talent (Holland)
Position:
Dates:
Guest Lecturer (chamber music, musicianship workshops)
June 7-14, 2013 / December 15-21 2016
Conducting Experience
After gaining experience as an orchestral musician (Spanish
National Youth Orchestra, 1996-9; Joaquín Rodrigo Chamber
Orchestra, 1999-2001 recording for EMI), Oscar studied
conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with
the late Alan Hazeldine and Sian Edwards.
·The Yehudi Menuhin School Junior Orchestra (2008-present).
·Royal Academy of Music (2013-present). Directing contemporary ensembles in public
concerts, directing composition workshops, premiere of Michael Zev-Gordon’s Sehnsucht.
·New Music Ensemble of the Conservatorio Superior de Castilla y León (March 2015)
·City of Salamanca Youth Orchestra (artistic director 2011-2014).
·Orpheus Sinfonia, London (guest, June 2014).
·Salamanca University Choir (symphonic collaborations in 2012, 2013, 2014).
·Camerata XXI Orchestral Courses (courses for young musicians in Catalonia, 2012-2015, with
a return scheduled for 2016).
·CreArt Ensemble (2008 tour). Royal College of Music alumni ensemble, concerts in Segovia
Summer Festival, Madrid Fine Arts Circle and Ávila.
·Guildhall School of Music and Drama New Music Ensemble (2006). Concerts at the The Place
and GSMD.
·Jury of the International Wind Band Contest ‘City of Valencia’ (July 2014)
Forthcoming:
·Akoesticum Talent Programme (course faculty with Jean-Bertrand Pommier, 2016)
·Camerata XXI, in the 36th Pau Casals Festival (Catalonia, concert July 2016)
·Royal Conservatoire of The Hague (School for Young Talent, December 2016)
Collaborations with soloists:
·Thomas Carroll (professor, Royal College of Music)
·Ben Baker (Windsor International String Competition Winner)
·James O'Donnell (Master of Music at Westminster Abbey)
·Bart LaFollette (Decca Records' inaugural Classical Music Award)
·Akiko Ono (Yehudi Menuhin School professor)
·Estrella Morente (acclaimed flamenco singer)
Outreach Experience:
Oscar has led outreach workshops of new music at the Yehudi
Menuhin School and conducted open rehearsals for civil
associations with the City of Salamanca Youth Orchestra,
given pre-concert talks and recorded short educational videoclips for Castilla y León TV and Salamanca local TV,
introducing the works and giving the audience a general
context for the concert.
Composition Profile
Òscar studied composition with Malcolm Singer and Simon
Bainbridge. He graduated with first class honours and a
Master in Composition with distinction from the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama, and was later awarded a PhD in
Composition from the Royal Academy of Music. He teaches at
the Yehudi Menuhin School (2006), the Royal Academy of
Music (2013) and has been invited to coach chamber music at
the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague-School for Young
Talent (2013).
Prizes/Awards:
Winner: 50th anniversary of the Royal Festival Hall's organ, the Musicians Company Dr. Alfred
Prindl Memorial Prize, the Guildhall School/Orchestra of the Swan Composition Prize, the Best
Music Award in Tenerife Short Film Festival and Valencia's Music of Today 2008.
Finalist: Barclays-St. Paul's Cathedral Competition Prize.
Commissions:
Recent: Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Entfaltung, https://youtu.be/UVRLtxGB3FY
Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, Shpigl, https://youtu.be/srcXVi9yyxI
Aldeburgh Festival, Philharmonia Orchestra (Music of Our Time Series), Schubert Ensemble,
Chamber Music 2000, Orchestra of the Swan, Valencian Music Institute, Antares Ensemble,
Kontakte Percussió, Linos Piano Trio (formerly, Lakeside Trio), Arias Ensemble.
Forthcoming Commissions/Performances:
·Los Angeles Philharmonic – Green Umbrella Series (Invitation by John Adams, 2016)
·Airas Ensemble (2016)
·Sax Ensemble (2017)
Festivals:
Los Angeles Philharmonic – Green Umbrella Series (2016), Cheltenham Festival (2016),
Harrogate Festival (2016), Gower Festival (2016), Oundle Festival (2016), 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).
Ensembles: Grup Instrumental de València, Conjunto Instrumental de Música Gasteiz, Lawson
Trio, Quinteto de Vento da Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Joven Orquesta Ciudad de Oviedo, etc.
Venues: Walt Disney Hall (L.A.), Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell
Room, Menuhin Hall, Yale University's Sprague Hall, New York University, Palau de la Música
de Valencia, and the Auditorio de Galicia with the Real Filharmonia de Galicia Orchestra, etc.
Other activities:
·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, Portugal, Denmark and the USA.
Orchestral Performer
A graduate violinist from the Valencia Conservatoire, Òscar was active as an orchestral and
contemporary ensemble performer before pursuing a career as a composer/conductor. He
played with the Spanish Youth National Orchestra at the BBC PROMS in 1996 and worked with
first class conductors such as Carlo Maria Giulini, Lutz Köhler, Gianandrea Noseda, Andras
Ligeti, and international soloists such as M. Rostropovich, Plácido Domingo, Agnes Baltsa,
Pepe Romero and Carlos Bonell. He led the second violin section with the Spanish National
Youth Orchestra for their performances of R. Gerhard 'Concerto for Orchestra'.
Youth Orchestras:
·Orquesta Conservatorio Superior Joaquín Rodrigo, 1995-1997
·Orquesta Académica de Valencia (leader), 2000-2001
·Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE), 1996-1999
·European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), reserve, 1999
·Wiener Jeneusse Orchester, guest, 1999
Professional ensembles:
·Orquesta de Cámara Joaquín Rodrigo (Agustín León Ara, leader) 1998-2001: recording for
EMI (with music by Rodrigo), concerts in the Dominican Republic, París-Unesco, Auditorio
Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Palau de la Música (Valencia).
·Sphera Ensemble Contemporani 2000-2001: Edinburgh Summer Festival (2000), Palau de la
Música (València).
Conducting Videos
—2013, Debussy Danses Sacrée et Danse Profane (Thea Butterworth/Yehudi Menuhin School
Orchestra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgs7zZAfe2k
—2013, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Ben Baker, violin/Salamanca Youth Orchestra):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptv-n7ZM-PQ
—2013, Elgar Cello Concerto REHEARSAL (Thomas Carroll/Salamanca Youth Orchestra):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxXqPryW8WU&feature=youtu.be
—2015, G. Derbez, Marinero eres… (Castilla y León Conservatory NEW MUSIC Ensemble):
https://youtu.be/D4FD9562rCQ
—2014, Dvorak Symphony nº9 New World (Salamanca Youth Orchestra):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzLD6fRcTIc
—2014, A. Corelli, Concerto Fatto per la Notte di Natale (Yehudi Menuhin School
Orchestra): https://youtu.be/DnSI4WWxEbg