‘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 by Roberto Forés Veses, is conceived around the narrative power of music: stories of love and enchantment, fairy tales, journeys, ancient fables and mythical heroes. Within this framework, Havasu Falls will form part of the orchestra’s main symphonic programme and will receive its estreno absoluto during the season.
“The world premiere of Havasu Falls by Óscar Colomina stands out in the main season programme of the orchestra— a piece which will complete his symphonic triptych Myths for orchestra.” — Melómano Digital
Havasu Falls is the third and closing panel of Òscar’s orchestral triptych Myths for orchestra, a cycle in which water appears as a liminal space between life and death, memory and transformation. The cycle began with The Styx, premiered by the Orquestra de València under Baldur Brönnimann at Festival ENSEMS in 2024, and continued with Wells of Oblivion, commissioned and premiered by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife under Ariane Matiakh in April 2026 (links to recordings to both works below).
With Havasu Falls, the cycle moves from the mythological river and the well of forgetfulness towards the image of the waterfall as a living landscape of continuity, ancestry and renewal.
Read more here: Myths for Orchestra.
Press coverage of the OEX 2026-27 season launch:
Docenotas
https://www.docenotas.com/185010/la-orquesta-de-extremadura-presenta-su-temporada-2026-2027/
Scherzo
https://scherzo.es/la-orquesta-de-extremadura-presenta-su-temporada-2026-2027/
Toda la Música
https://www.todalamusica.es/la-orquesta-de-extremadura-presenta-relatos-su-temporada-2026-2027/
Melómano Digital
https://www.melomanodigital.com/una-temporada-llena-de-relatos-para-la-oex/
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