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Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, December 5, 1960) is a Grammy award winning composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of classical music.

Biography
Osvaldo Golijov (pronounced ) grew up in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
  within a family that went to Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 in the 1920s from Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and the Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. As a boy, Golijov studied Yiddish.

Golijov's mother was a piano teacher and his father a physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
. He was raised "surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer
Klezmer

Klezmer is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular Jewish music was developed by musicians called klezmorim or kleyzmurim....
 music, and the new tango
Tango music

Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta t?pica, which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons....
 of Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla

?stor Pantale?n Piazzolla was an Argentina tango music composer and bandone?n player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and European classical music....
," according to his official website.






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Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, December 5, 1960) is a Grammy award winning composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of classical music.

Biography


Osvaldo Golijov (pronounced ) grew up in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
  within a family that went to Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 in the 1920s from Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and the Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. As a boy, Golijov studied Yiddish.

Golijov's mother was a piano teacher and his father a physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
. He was raised "surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer
Klezmer

Klezmer is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular Jewish music was developed by musicians called klezmorim or kleyzmurim....
 music, and the new tango
Tango music

Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta t?pica, which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons....
 of Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla

?stor Pantale?n Piazzolla was an Argentina tango music composer and bandone?n player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and European classical music....
," according to his official website. He studied piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 at the local conservatory in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
 and studied composition
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
 with Gerardo Gandini.

In 1983 Golijov moved to Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 where he studied with Mark Kopytman
Mark Kopytman

Mark Ruvimovich Kopytman was born in 1929 in Kamenets-Podolsk Ukraine, where he received his early training in piano and music theory and later went on to study medicine....
 at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy. Three years later he moved to the United States of America with his wife, Silvia. There he studied with American composer George Crumb
George Crumb

George Crumb is an American composer of modern and avant-garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres and extended technique. Examples include spoken flute and glass marbles poured onto an open piano....
 at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
 before receiving his Ph.D.

Golijov has received a MacArthur Fellowship, and other awards. He has been composer-in-residence at the Spoleto USA Festival, the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an United States orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September....
's Music Alive series, the Marlboro Music School and Festival
Marlboro Music School and Festival

The Marlboro Music School and Festival is a retreat for advanced classical training and musicianship held for seven weeks each summer in Marlboro, Vermont....
, the Ravinia Festival, and several other festivals. He also is co-composer-in-residence, together with the English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage is an England composer of European classical music. He has also been strongly influenced by jazz, and by Miles Davis in particular....
, of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five "....
.

Golijov is a Loyola Professor of Music at the College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic Church Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States....
 in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in the United States. A 2006 estimate put the population at 175,898, making it the estimated second-largest city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts....
, where he has taught since 1991. He is also on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory
Boston Conservatory

The Boston Conservatory is an arts Music school located in the Fenway-Kenmore region of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. It has undergraduate and graduate programs in music, dance, theater, and music education....
 . He lives with his family in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts

The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts,is a large residential suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, which abuts it on the east....
.

Golijov's music

Golijov and composers Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, is a Russian composer of half Russians half Volga Tatars ethnicity....
, Tan Dun
Tan Dun

Tan Dun is a Han Chinese contemporary classical composer, most widely known for his Grammy and Academy Awards-award winning scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero ....
, and Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm is a Germany composer from Karlsruhe. He finished both his school and his studies in music theory and composition in 1972, two years before the premiere of his early work Morphonie at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival launched his career as a prominent figure in the European new music scene....
 were commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to write pieces for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organ whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque music period and brought it to its ultimate maturity....
. Golijov's contribution was La Pasión según San Marcos (The Passion according to St. Mark).

He has also composed and arranged works for the Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
 and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. He frequently works with Venezuelan conductor Maria Guinand
Maria Guinand

Maria Guinand is an internationally renowned choral conductor.Mar?a Guinand received her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the University of Bristol, England in 1976 and 1982, respectively....
, who conducted the world premieres of Oceana (Oregon Bach Festival, 1996) and La Pasión según San Marcos (Stuttgart's European Music Festival, 2000), classical and Klezmer
Klezmer

Klezmer is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular Jewish music was developed by musicians called klezmorim or kleyzmurim....
 clarinetist David Krakauer
David Krakauer

David Krakauer is an American clarinetist. He is mostly known for his klezmer compositions. He became involved with klezmer music in the late 1980s while working as a classical musician, joining The Klezmatics....
, and American soprano Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw is a world-renowned United States soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times....
, who performed premieres of his new opera, Ainadamar (and Arias and Ensembles derived from it) at the Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe Opera

The Santa Fe Opera is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico in the U.S. state of New Mexico, headquartered on a former guest ranch of ....
 Festival in 2005, London's Barbican Arts Centre in 2006 and Opera Boston
Opera Boston

Opera Boston is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It specializes in innovative repertoire and rarely-heard works, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to children, in schools and after-school programs throughout the Boston area....
 in 2007. His first movie soundtrack experience was for Sally Potter's 2000 film "The Man Who Cried". More recently he composed for Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
's movie Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth is a 2007 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the Youth Without Youth by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. It is the first film that Coppola has directed since 1997's The Rainmaker ....
  and original music for Coppola's movie Tetro
Tetro

Tetro is an upcoming film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo, Maribel Verd? and Carmen Maura. Filming took place in 2008 in Argentina , and studio shots in Alicante, Spain....
.

Golijov received two Grammys in the Grammy Awards of 2007
Grammy Awards of 2007

The 49th Annual Grammy Awards is a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States....
 - the Best Opera Recording
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962....
 for Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
Ainadamar

Ainadamar means "Fountain of Tears" in Arabic, and is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. The libretto is by United States playwright David Henry Hwang....
 and Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition was first awarded in 1961. This award was not presented from 1967 to 1984.The award has had several minor name changes:...
 for the same opera.

Discography


  • Youth Without Youth (soundtrack) (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007)
  • Oceana (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007)
  • Ainadamar
    Ainadamar

    Ainadamar means "Fountain of Tears" in Arabic, and is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. The libretto is by United States playwright David Henry Hwang....
     (Deutsche Grammophon, Dawn Upshaw, Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
  • Ayre (Deutsche Grammophon CD 00289 477 5414)
  • La Pasión según San Marcos The Passion according to St. Mark (Hänssler Classic 98404)
  • Yiddishbbuk (EMI Classics 57356-2)
  • The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind (Nonesuch 79444)
  • Nuevo arrangements for the Kronos Quartet
    Kronos Quartet

    Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
     (Nonesuch 79649)
  • The Man Who Cried
    The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried is an England-France film released in 2000 in film, written and directed by Sally Potter.The film stars Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Turturro....
     (soundtrack) (Sony Classical SK 61870)
  • Caravan arrangements for the Kronos Quartet
    Kronos Quartet

    Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
     (Nonesuch 79490)
  • Voices of Light Golijov songs sung by soprano Dawn Upshaw
    Dawn Upshaw

    Dawn Upshaw is a world-renowned United States soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times....
     (Nonesuch 79812)
  • Night Prayers Golijov's composition K'vakarat on recording of the Kronos Quartet
    Kronos Quartet

    Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
     (Nonesuch 79346)
  • World to Come Golijov's composition Mariel played by cellist Maya Beiser (Koch Int'l Classics B0000CABC4)
  • Goulash composition Oración Lucumí on recording by the cellist Matt Haimovitz
    Matt Haimovitz

    Matt Haimovitz is an Israeli-born cello now based in the United States and Canada. He is known not only for his outstanding technical and musical skill, but also for his highly unusual concert career and repertoire choices....
     (Oxingale)
  • Anthem - Golijov's composition Omaramor on recording by cellist Matt Haimovitz (Oxingale 1238)
  • Klezmer Concertos and Encores composition Rocketekya on recording of klezmer
    Klezmer

    Klezmer is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular Jewish music was developed by musicians called klezmorim or kleyzmurim....
     music (Naxos B0000C508L)
  • Borromeo String Quartet Living Archive February 29, 2004 (CD/DVD/VHS) Golijov's compositions Yiddishbbuk and Tenebrae
  • Voices of our Time - Dawn Upshaw (DVD) Golijov's composition Lúa Descolorida (TDK VTDU)


External links

  • from WGBH Radio Boston