Oxkintok was commissioned by maestro Fenando Lozano, with the sponsorship of the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes in 1991.
It was premiered by the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad in 1992 under the baton of Luis Herrera de la Fuente.
The present score was digitised and revised between 2023 and 2025.