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Professional Experience In September 2006 Òscar was appointed General Music Teacher at the Yehudi Menuhin School , the world class specialist music school of international renown founded by Lord Menuhin, and of which the late Mtislav Rostropovich was its President, succeeded now by Daniel Baremboim. Òscar also coaches the school's Junior Orchestra. Member of the Orquesta de Cámara Joaquín Rodrigo (Agustín León Ara, leader) 1998-2001, recording a CD for EMI (with music by Rodrigo) and giving concerts in the Dominican Republic , París-Unesco , Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Palau de la Música (Valencia). Member of the Sphera Ensemble Contemporani 2000-2001 ( Edinburgh Summer Festival 2000, Palau de la Música , València). Assistant to Malcolm Singer in the Composer's workshop at the Canford Summer School of Music , 2005.
Activity as a Composer -'Clothes crying slow, dirty tears' for chamber orchestra was an Aldeburgh Festival commission and received its premiere at Orford Church (Aldeburgh) by the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble conducted by Baldur Bronnimann on the 24th of June, 2008. -Òscar's first string sextet, 'The Thinking Machine', was premiered by the Mittel Ensemble at the Royal Academy of Music during its first Composers' Weekend (alongside pieces by Simon Bainbridge, Phil Cashian, Tansy Davies) on the 20th of June, 2008. - 'MicroSuite' for solo cello received its premiere in a recital by Andrei Simion at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on the 13th of June, 2008. -Joint exhibition with artist Albert Corbí at Espacio Distrito Cu4tro in Madrid. Corbí is 2008 winner of the photographic competition held by national Spanish newspaper El Mundo as part of PhotoEspaña. The exhibition includes a modular video projection based on Oscar's use of multilinear narratives in his music. The film, which uses documentary footage of Corbí's award-winning installation is edited to Oscar's string sextet 'The Thinking Machine'. -Winner of the Hui hui Música! 2008 Festival with his work 'Conversation with Joseph Beuys'. The piece was selected for the festival's annual showcase concert after a nation wide call for scores and was premiered at the Palau de la Música, Valencia, on the 10th of June, 2008. Hui Hui Música is a joint project involving the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), the Fundación Autor, the Valencian Music Institute (IVM) and the Art's XXI collective. -On the 18th of May, 2008, 'Une poupée en flammes' received its premiere in the ENSEMS Internacional Contemporary Music Festival held in València, Spain, at the Talia Theatre. The piece, a percussion quartet, was commissioned by the group Kontakte Percussió and is included their new CD Nous Camins, which was presented prior to the concert. The piece was also performed in Llíria International Percussion Festival, and at the X Jornades Internacionals de Percussió de Riba-Roja , València. -Òscar has been one of the three Royal Academy of Music students selected by Yale University to participate in a collaborative composition and performance project between the two institutions. A new piece by Òscar 'I Have to Talk to Broken Things' , an homage to Giotto, was premiered in London on the 24th of April , at 19.30 in the Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, conducted by Simon Bainbridge. A week later the piece received its American premiere at Yale University ( New Haven , Conn. ). - The Royal Academy of Music commisioned a new orchestral work: 'Le Vitrail Engloutie' was premiered on the 2nd of February, 2007 at the Royal Academy of Music by its Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Cohen. The French conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier mentored the project. -Òscar's piece 'The Ruinous Circles' (2003) has been included in the CD Ítaca - Contemporanis de la Mediterrània , published by the Area of Acoustic Creation Foundation . The cd is a live recording of the concert given by the Grup Instrumental de València for the 2006 Encontre Internacional de Compositors, Mallorca . - 'El Cuadro', a film by Ideami Productions featuring Oscar's piece 'Open the Curtains' won the Best Music Award in the 'Ateneo en Corto' festival in Tenerife (Canary Islands). It is 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. It is being distributed up by Atom Films (an MTV company) for its distribution in the USA . -The Royal Academy of Music commissioned Oscar a new orchestral work: 'Le Vitrail Englouti' was premiered on the 2nd of February, 2007 at the Royal Academy of Music by its Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Cohen. The French conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier mentored the project. -The Spanish premiere of 'Cantus' was given by the Conjunto Instrumental de Música Gasteiz with Carlos Parra as soloist, on the 26th of December, 2006, in one of the Caja Kutxa 'Martes Musicales' series in Vitoria . -String Trio 'Les Pleurs' commissioned by Spanish violinist Vicente Huerta . World Premiere in the Palau de la Música de Valencia on Monday 6th of November, 2006; a second concert took place in Club Diario Levante, on the 10th of November. Both concerts were played in three original Stradivari instruments. -The Grup Instrumental de València conducted by Joan Cerveró gave the Spanish premiere of The Ruinous Circles at the Xesc Forteza Theatre in Palma de Mallorca on the 20th of October, 2006 , as part of the International Composers' Congress. -Oscar was resident composer with the Joven Orquesta Internacional Ciudad de Oviedo during their August-2006 concentration. They gave the Spanish premiere of 'Open the Curtains' in the Príncipe Felipe Auditorium, Oviedo . - 'Funeral Music for a Meat Market' for wind, brass and percussion was premiered at the City of London Festival on the 14th of July, 2006. - Commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra 's for its concert series Music of our Time , 'Yellow Light' received its premiere at the Queen Elisabeth Hall , on the 15th of June by Philharmonia Orchestra players and soprano Elisabeth Atherton, conducted by Robin O'Neill. - Commissioned by the Sounds Underground Ensemble'Brief History of Sand' was premiered at the Warehouse, on the 4th of May, 2006. -Winner of the Orchestra of the Swan/Guildhall School of Music and Drama Composition Prize , and consequently, commissioned by the Orchestra of the Swan to write a work for string orchestra to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the orchestra. ‘Open the curtains' received its premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon on the 14th of November, 2005 . -‘ The Ruinous Circles' was premiered in the 2005 Congress of the Association of European Conservatoires , representing the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. -Winner of the Musicians Company Dr. Alfred Prindl Memorial Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (July 2005), awarded to the ‘best work by a graduating composer' for his orchestral piece ‘Saturn Devouring his Children' . -Oscar's violin concerto ‘Cantus' was premiered in the Wigmore Hall on the 7th of June, 2005, by Anna-Liise Bezrodny in the prestigious Guildhall Gold annual concert. -The Institut Valencià de la Música commissioned a piece from Òscar for the 2005 ENSEMS festival held in València , Spain . The premiere of ‘Dues Mesures' took place in València, on the 15th of May, 2005. - The Orchestra of the Swan gave the premiere of ‘The blue flask' for chamber orchestra in the Pump Rooms, Cheltenham on the 22nd of March, 2005. - ‘The Labyrinth' , for string quartet was selected by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to be its representative composition in the Royal Northern College of Music QuartetFest 2004 , in Manchester. -Oscar gave a pre-concert talk at LSO's St. Luke's Church , followed by a performance of ‘The Labyrinth' (March, 2004), as part of the LSO Discovery Series: ‘Discovering New Music' . -The Tetrakis Quartet also performed ‘The Labyrinth' at the Wigmore Hall as part of the hall's Education Program (March, 2004). -The Setlà Quartet performed ‘The Labyrinth' at the City of London Festival (3rd of July 2004), in an event organised by the Society for the Promotion of New Music . - Joint winner of the composition competition organised by the Education Department of the South Bank to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Festival Hall Organ (involving a premiere concert and competition at Marylebone Church in February 2004, and a public performance at the Royal Festival Hall , February 2004). -Participant in the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music , St. Pancras Church, London (May 2003). - Finalist of the Barclays-St. Paul's Cathedral Composition Prize 2002, London . -Premiere in the Instituto Cervantes , London of a duet for violin and cello (October 2000).
Conducting Experience In July 2008 he was invited to conduct the Cre.Art Ensemble for a mini-series of concerts in the Segovia Festival, giving the Spanish premiere of Zaka , by American composer Jennifer Higdon. Oscar also conducted the Underground Contemporary Music Ensemble for its launch concert at the Warehouse ( Waterloo ), the 23rd of February, 2007. He was co-Director of the Eureka ! Foundation Chamber Orchestra (from 2003-2006) appearing in the Guildhall School's autumn 2004 concert season, and in several concerts in Windsor. Oscar has also been invited to work with the Harlow Symphony Orchestra . He recorded and premiered in Wimbledon 'Franciscan Nativity', an oratorio for children's choir, narrator, and ensemble, written by B. Ralph.
Youth Orchestras -Orquesta Conservatorio Superior Joaquín Rodrigo, 1995-1997
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