Efraín Oscher

2026

• 02.10,26 Premier of Oscher's Violin concerto performed by Alejandro Carrillo and the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Schönebeck under Jan Michael Horstmann.

• 12.09.26 ARD Klassik releases the complete video of Danzas Latinas No. 2, performed by Pacho Flores and the Nürnberger Symphoniker under Jonathan Darlington at the Klassik Open Air in Nuremberg. Watch it!

• 08.08.26 Pacho Flores performs Danzas Latinas No. 2 with the Nürnberger Symphoniker under Jonathan Darlington at the Klassik Open Air in Nuremberg. The concert is broadcast live by BR-KLASSIK and ARD Klassik.

• 23/24.05.26 Camerata Atlântica performs Barroqueana Venezolana No. 1 with flutist Adriana Ferreira, harpsichordist José Carlos Araújo and violinist/director Ana Beatriz Manzanilla in Oeiras and at the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal.

• 16.04.26 Edicson Ruiz performs Efrain’s Double Bass Concerto with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia under Christian Vásquez at the Auditorio Víctor Villegas in Murcia, Spain.

• 03.26 Commission of a bassoon sonata by Mathias Racz

• 01.26 Commission of contrabassoon sonata by Hans Agreda

• 15.01.26 Musicians of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra perform Escenas del Sur at Music House Daile in Riga, Latvia.

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2025

• 21–22.05.25 Edicson Ruiz performs Barroqueana Venezolana No. 4 with the Musikkollegium Winterthur under Gemma New at the Stadthaus Winterthur, Switzerland.

• 23.04.25 Edicson Ruiz gives the Chinese premiere of Efrain’s Double Bass Concerto with the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra at Qintai Concert Hall in Wuhan, China.

• 14–16.03.25 Lucienne Renaudin Vary performs Rapsodia Latina with Sinfonia Rotterdam under Conrad van Alphen in three concerts celebrating the orchestra’s 25th anniversary in Rotterdam and The Hague.

• 17.03.25 Edicson Ruiz performs Efrain’s Double Bass Concerto with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM) under Christian Vásquez at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.

• 26.02.25 Edicson Ruiz performs Efrain’s Passacaglia in a double-bass chamber concert with musicians of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra at Takasaki City Theatre, Japan.

• 20.02.25 Ilias Sdoukos (viola) and Giorgos Arnis (double bass) perform Escenas del Sur at the Goethe-Institut Athens in a concert presented by the Greek Composers’ Union.

• 29.08.25 Spanish National Radio’s Radio Clásica broadcasts Rapsodia Latina in its programme Reflejos en el agua.

• 01.03.25 Radio New Zealand broadcasts Escenas del Sur, performed by Sergey Malov (viola) and Hiroshi Ikematsu (double bass).

2024

• 22/24.11.24 Elena Durán (flute) performs Barroqueana Venezolana Nr.3 (world premiere of the arrangement for flute) and Gran Mambo for two flutes (world premiere) with Sabina Laurain and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México under Raul Delgado  

• 01.11.24 Warner Classics releases Lucienne Renaudin Vary’s album “Winter Gardens” featuring Efrain’s Rapsodia Latina  

• 12.10.24 Matias de Oliveira Pinto plays Campeão for cello and strings at the 18th edition of the Music Week in Ouro Branco, Brasil

• 29.09.2024 Featuring Matias de Oliveira Pinto as a soloist, the Bolivar Soloists play Efrain’s Campeão for cello and strings in Wiener Saal of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria

• 10.08.24 Lucienne Renaudin Vary plays Rapsodia Latina with Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Holly Hyun Choe in Switzerland.

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2023

• 15-16.11.2023 Sergio Sánchez premieres the Latin-American oboe concerto with the Kammerphilharmonie Lübeck under Emanuel Dantscher.

• 28.10.2023 Matthias Rácz and Hans Agreda, bassoonist of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, premiered Danzas Latinas for two bassoons at the European double reed convention in Strasbourg.

• 28.09.23 Lucienne Renaudin Vary plays Rapsodia Latina for trumpet with the London Chamber Orchestra. London, Cadogan Hall.

• 20.07.2023 Jorge Herrera Santander premieres the version for guitar and orchestra of Concierto Apiazzollado with the Orchestra de Arequipa in Perú.

• 07.07.23 José Luis García Vázquez conducts Efrain’s double-bass concerto played by Edicson Ruiz and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City.  

• In July 2023 The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) announces Rapsodia Latina for Trumpet and Concert Band as "Composition of the week" (Visit)

• 10.03.2023 Pacho Flores plays Danzas Latinas for trumpet and orchestra with Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra under Felix Mildenberger.

• 21.01.23 Edicson Ruiz performs Oscher’s double-bass concerto with the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès under Andrés Salado in Palau de la Música, Barcelona, Spain.

2022

• 2022 Three new releases under Hofmeister Editions: 12 Latin American Fantasies for flute, Rapsodia Latina for trumpet and Double Bass Concerto. Get the scores 

• 18.09.22 Shamans for tuba and piano on video played by Ricardo Carvalhoso. Watch it!

• In Summer 2022 Hofmeister Musikverlag publishes Barroqueana Venezolana No. 1 for flute violin and orchestra and Barroqueana Sudamericana No. 1 for flute and orchestra. Visit the website

• 28.07.2022 The Deutsche Grammophon releases Estirpe, an album featuring Pacho Flores with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (Mexico) under Carlos Miguel Prieto, playing Efrain’s trumpet concerto “Mestizo”

• 09.02.2022 Edicson Ruiz plays Barroqueana Venezolana Nr.4 with Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt under Lukasz Borowicz.

• 04.02.2022 Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra presents Edicson Ruiz playing Oscher’s double-bass concerto

2021

• 10.21. Release of the video 12 Latin American Fantasies for solo flute on YouTube: take a look

• 25.09.21 Lucienne Renaudin Vary plays Rapsodia Latina for trumpet with the Gävle Symfoniorkester (Sweden) under Nuno Coehlo.

• 07.08.21. Performance of Barroqueana Nr. 3 in Baroque on Beaver, U.S.A. under Robert Nordling.

• The 24 August 2021 Ricardo Carvalhoso Premiered Shamans for tuba and piano in Gavíssimo! Festival, Portugal.

• Hofmeister Verlag, Leipzig, publishes my Rapsodia Latina for trumpet. Take a look!

• In February 2021 Efrain received a grant from the Bremer Senat für Kultur to compose and perform on video his 12 Latin American Fantasies for solo flute to commemorate Telemann's 340 birth year.

• Release of the video 12 Latin American Fantasies for solo flute on YouTube

• Trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary plays Rapsodia Latina with the Gävle Symfoniorkester (Sweden) under Nuno Coelho on the 25th of September 2021.

• Robert Nordling conducts Barroqueana Nr. 3 in the Beaver Island Festival "Baroque on Beaver" U.S.A.

• Ricardo Carvalhoso premiers Premiers Shamans for tuba on the 24th of August 2021in Gravíssimo! Festival, Portugal.

• Since June 2021the piano reduction of Rapsodia Latina for trumpet in available from Hofmeister Verlag, Leipzig. The orchestral material is also available. Visit their website!

• In February 2021 I received a grant from the Bremer Senat für Kultur to compose and perform on video 12 Latin American Fantasies for solo flute to commemorate Telemann's 12 Fantasies for unaccompanied flute on his 340th birth year.

• Lux Nova Duo performs Concierto Apiazzollado for 2 guitars, accordion and strings in October 2021 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Sende Saal, Bremen. Watch the video!

2020

• 10.10.20 Lux Nova Duo premieres in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Concierto Apiazzollado for 2 guitars, accordion and strings Watch the video! of the performance in the Sende Saal, Bremen.

• A trumpet feast! In July 2020 Naxos releases Egregore + featuring Fabio Brum with the Kammerensemble Konsonanz conducted by Pacho Flores. The Album includes my Rapsodia Latina for trumpet as well as my arrangements of pieces by Albeniz, Villa-Lobos and Charlier. Take a peek!

2019

• On the 22nd of Novembre 2019 Pacho Flores - Trumpet, premiers my Danzas Latinas for Trumpet and Orchestra with the Real Filharmonía Galicia under Manuel Hernández-Silva. Watch the video!

• In August 2019 ARS Produktion releases Kaleidoscope featuring Hans Agreda (Contrabassoon) who recorded Soledad with members of the Tonhalle Zürich for

• Second premiere in June 2019! I had the priviledge to play for the first time my Barroqueana Sudamericana Nr.2 for flute, strings and guitar with the Kammerensemble Konsonanz at the Sommerkonzert in Grasberg.

• On the 8th of June 2019 was the premiere of The Ghost of Grafton Way, an orchestral piece I wrote for the young players of Sistema in Norwich under the lead of Juan Manuel Rojas. 

• Edicson Ruiz plays my Double Bass Concerto with WDR Funkhausorchester under Alondra de la Parra. Watch the video! 

• Hofmeister Verlag, Leipzig, publishes my Passacaglia for Violin and Double Bass. Take a look!

2018

• The 25th of October 2018 was world premier of my double bass concerto by Edicson Ruiz and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Alondra de la Parra

• Brazilian trumpeter Fabio Brum records in October 2018 the Rapsodia Latina for trumpet and orchestra in Bremen with the Kammerensemble Konsonanz.

• Two world premieres the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern 2018: Apex for clarinet, trumpet and orchestra on the 28th of August with Pacho Flores (trumpets), Matthias Schorn (clarinet) and the Norddeutschen Philharmonie Rostock. Rapsodia Latina for trumpet, violin and piano, with Pacho Flores (Trumpets), Mark Gothoni (violin) and Pepe Gallego (piano)

• My Passacaglia for violin and doublebass was premiered on the 7th of August 2018 in Reingau Fastival by Edicson Ruiz and Veronika Eberle.

• Exodus V for Trumpet and Concert Band was premiered by Freddy Cardenas and the Bundespolizeiorchester Hannover on the 6th of June 2018.

• On Sunday the 13th of May in the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Wohltorf, Germany,  Francisco Fernández palyed for the first time with the the Kammerensemble Konsonanz my Barroqueana Sudamericana Nr. 1

• World premiere of Struwwelpeter on the 28th of April 2018 in the Grand Auditorio from the Gulbenkian Foundation with Ana Beatriz Manzanilla (violin) and Soloists of the Gulbenkian Orchestra.