2026–27 Season Highlights
A Portrait Concert at the Liszt Academy, a CNDM commission for Trío Penderecki, and the completion of Myths for orchestra with the Orquesta de Extremadura The 2026–27 season brings together new creation, performances and international teaching. From 6–9 December 2026, Òscar will return to the Liszt Academy in Budapest for a series of masterclasses culminating […]
In Memory of Henry Goldberg (1937-2026)
Henry Goldberg and I met at the Canford/Sherborne Summer School for composers in 2002. I was just beginning my second bachelor’s degree at the Guildhall, and Henry was a keen amateur composer already in his mid-sixties. He was looking for a composition teacher who could help him develop his analytical and compositional skills, and Malcolm […]
Highlights of the 2025-26 Season
Season ends after Composer-in-residence participation at Gijón International Piano Festival Closing a remarkable 2025–26 season — one that has brought new commissions, premieres, performances and some very special artistic encounters. Three new works entered the world this year: • VISITACION[e]S — commissioned and premiered by the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España / David Afkham […]
Òscar returns to Gijón International Piano Festival as Composer-in-Residence
The festival will feature performances of Campanes al Vespre alongside a new seminar exploring the evolution of the composer’s musical language over the past twenty-five years. Òscar returns to the Gijón International Piano Festival this August as Composer-in-Residence. A long-standing collaborator of the festival, Colomina will combine his compositional and pedagogical work with a series […]
CNDM new commission for Leticia Moreno & Trío Penderecki
The Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical new commission will be premiered by Trío Penderecki (Leticia Moreno, Claudio Bohórquez and ?ukasz Krupi?ski). The premiere will take place on 15 March 2027 at the Auditorio 400 of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, within the CNDM’s 2026-27 Season. The work will be performed […]
World premiere of ‘Campanes al Vespre’ at Centro Botín
Òscar’s new piano miniature, commissioned by Paloma O’Shea, will be premiered by Felix Kehr during the XXV Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander On 20 July 2026, pianist Felix Kehr will give the world premiere of Òscar’s new solo piano work Campanes al Vespre at Centro Botín, Santander. Commissioned by Paloma O’Shea, the piece […]
Òscar returns to Porto Pianofest for the tenth consecutive year
His yearly lecture, From Analysis to Interpretation, will focus on Brahms’s Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 Òscar returns to Porto Pianofest in August 2026, marking his tenth consecutive appearance at the festival as member of the artist faculty. His conference, From Analysis to Interpretation, will take place on Monday 10th of August at 11:00, at […]
Shpigl performed in Madrid and Bern
Òscar’s iconic work continues to enjoy a growing performing life Òscar Colomina i Bosch’s Shpigl for solo violin has received two recent performances in Madrid and Bern, further consolidating the continuing life of the work within the repertoire of young international violinists. On Monday 1 June 2026, violinist Eduard Kollert performed Shpigl at the Sony […]
Orquesta de Extremadura commissions new work
‘Havasu Falls’ will premiere during the OEX 2026-27 season, completing the triptych Myths for orchestra. The Orquesta de Extremadura has announced the commission and forthcoming world premiere of Havasu Falls, a new orchestral work by Òscar, as part of its 2026-27 season. Presented under the title Relatos, the new season of the OEX, directed artistically […]
