Osvaldo Golijov (1960- )
Osvaldo
Golijov grew up in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata,
Argentina. Born to a piano teacher mother and physician father, Golijov
was raised surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and
klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla. After studying
piano at the local conservatory and composition with Gerardo Gandini he
moved to Israel in 1983, where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the
Jerusalem Rubin Academy and immersed himself in the colliding musical
traditions of that city. Upon moving to the United States in 1986,
Golijov earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, where he
studied with George Crumb, and was a fellow at Tanglewood, studying
with Oliver Knussen. Golijov has received numerous commissions from
major ensembles and institutions in the U.S. and Europe. He is the
recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Vilcek Prize among other
awards. In addition to the artists mentioned above, he collaborates
closely with conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya; vocalists Luciana Souza and
Biella da Costa; cellists Yo-Yo Ma, Alisa Weilerstein, Maya Beiser and
Matt Haimovitz, the kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, and percussionist
Jamey Haddad; also with young, multitalented musicians such as Michael
Ward-Bergeman, Gonzalo Grau, Ljova, Jeremy Flower and Cristina Pato;
ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the
Chicago Symphony, Silk Road Ensemble and eighth blackbird; artist
Gronk, playwright David H. Hwang, and director Peter Sellars, who
staged sold out and critically acclaimed runs of Ainadamar at the Santa
Fe Opera and Lincoln Center. He is currently co-composer-in-residence,
together with Marc-Anthony Turnage, at the Chicago Symphony. He has
also been composer-in-residence at the Spoleto USA Festival, the Los
Angeles Philharmonic's Music Alive series, Marlboro Music, Ravinia,
Ojai, and several other festivals. Golijov is Loyola Professor of Music
at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he has
taught since 1991.- The Silk Road Project
COMPOSITIONS Golijov Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Golijov on Golijov
Ballad of the Drowned Solitude, 2 voices, 2 clarinets and 2 bass clarinets; or 3 clarinets and 3 bass clarinets (1989)
Mournes, chorus, clarinet, 2 horns and cellos (at least 3) (1989)
Cantata de los Inocentes, chorus and accompaniment (1990)
Cronicas, string orchestra (1990)
Yiddish Ruakh, clarinet, 2 horns, piano and string ensemble/orchestra (1990)
Amor Americano, narrator and 2 string ensembles (1991)
Omaramor, cello (1991)
There is Wind and There are Ashes in the Wind, narrator, clarinet and piano (1991)
Yiddishbbuk, string quartet (1992)
Third World, 2 pianos (1993)
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, klezmer clarinet and string quartet/or string orch (1994)
Av Horachamin, cantor and electric string quartet (1994)
K'vakarat, cantor (or clarinet) and string quartet (1994)
November, dance theater with 2 pianos (1994)
Last Round, string orchestra/or string nonet (1996)
- Death of the Angels, string orchestra (1996) [from "Last Round"]
Oceana, female vocalist, boy soprano, chorus, guitar trio, 3 flutes, 2 perc and string orchestra (1996)
- Coral del Arrecife, double chorus (1996) [from "Oceana", 1996]
Din, piano, bells and 4 instruments (1998)
Fish Tale, guitar and flute (1998)
Rocketekya, klezmer clarinet, klezmer fiddle, electronic viola and double bass (1998)
Doina, string quartet (1999)
Mariel, cello and marimba (1999)
La Pasión según San Marcos, Brazilian jazz vocalist, soprano, 2 dancers, choir and chamber orchestra (2000)
- Demos Gracias, chorus and 2 percussionists (2000) [from "La Pasión según San Marcos"]
- Three Arias from La Pasión según San Marcos, Brazilian jazz vocalist, soprano, choir and chamber orchestra (2000)
The Man who Cried, film score (2000)
Lullaby and Doina, flute, clarinet, violin, (opt. 2nd violin), viola, cello and double bass (2001)
How Slow the Wind, soprano and orchestra/ or string quartet (2001)
Luce, soprano or baritone and 2 pianos (2001)
How Slow the Wind, soprano and orchestra/or string quartet (2001) [also in "Three Songs", 2002]
K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadalupe (Festival for the Holy Mother of Guadalupe), str qt, marimba and tape (2002)
Night of the Flying Horses, orchestra (2002) [from film "The Man Who Cried"] [also for soprano and orchestra]
Tenebrae, soprano, clarinet and string quartet; or string quartet (2002)
Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (2001-02)
- How Slow the Wind, soprano and orchestra/or string quartet (2001) [from "Three Songs"]
- Night of the Flying Horses, soprano and orchestra; or orchestra (2002) [from "Three Songs"]
- Lúa Descolorida, soprano and orchestra/or string quartet/or piano (2002) [also in "Three Songs"]
Darkness, film score (2002)
Ainadamar, opera (2003)
- Rumba Mariana, mezzo-soprano, 12 female voices and orchestra (2003) [from "Ainadamar", 2003]
Tekyah, klezmer clarinet,accordion w/sound processing, 3 trpts, 3 hns, 2 trom/dbl on shofars) and 4 additional shofars (2004)
Levante, piano (2004)
Ayre, song cycle (11 songs), soprano and ensemble (2004) [based of folksong from around the world]
Azul, cello and large ensemble (2006)
Rose of the Winds, Silk Road Ensemble (Shakuhachi, Sheng, Ney, Galician Bagpipes; Pipa, 2 Percussionists; Kemancheh,
String Quartet) and orchestra (2007)
Youth Without Youth, film score (2007)
- Youth Without Youth Suite, cimbalom, kemancheh, accordion, celesta, hrp, perc. and str orch (2007) [from film score]
ZZ's Dream, chamber orchestra (2008) [also arr. for piano]
Mariel, cello and orchestra (2008) [also version for cello and marimba)
She Was Here, voice and orchestra (2008) [4 songs by Franz Schubert, orchestrated and with an introduction by Golijov]
Tetro, film score (2009)
WORKS BY GENRE Golijov Links ~ ~ ~ Golijov on Golijov ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Ainadamar, opera (2003)
Orchestra
Cronicas, string orchestra (1990)
Amor Americano, narrator and 2 string ensembles (1991)
Last Round, string orchestra/or string nonet (1996)
- Death of the Angels, string orchestra (1996) [from "Last Round"]
Night of the Flying Horses, orchestra (2002) [from film "The Man Who Cried"] [also for soprano and orchestra]
ZZ's Dream, chamber orchestra (2008) [also arr. for piano]
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Yiddish Ruakh, clarinet, 2 horns, piano and string ensemble/orchestra (1990)
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, klezmer clarinet and string quartet/or string orch (1994)
Azul, cello and large ensemble (2006)
Rose of the Winds, Silk Road Ensemble (Shakuhachi, Sheng, Ney, Galician Bagpipes; Pipa, 2 Percussionists; Kemancheh,
String Quartet) and orchestra (2007)
Youth Without Youth Suite, cimbalom, kemancheh, accordion, celesta, harp, percussion and string orch (2007) [from film score]
Chorus w/Orchestra
Oceana, female vocalist, boy soprano, chorus, guitar trio, 3 flutes, 2 perc and string orchestra (1996)
La Pasión según San Marcos, Brazilian jazz vocalist, soprano, 2 dancers, choir and chamber orchestra (2000)
Choral
Mournes, chorus, clarinet, 2 horns and cellos (at least 3) (1989)
Cantata de los Inocentes, chorus and accompaniment (1990)
Coral del Arrecife, double chorus (1996) [from "Oceana", 1996]
Demos Gracias, chorus and 2 percussionists (2000) [from "La Pasión según San Marcos"]
Chamber
Ballad of the Drowned Solitude, 3 clarinets and 3 bass clarinets; or 2 voices, 2 clarinets and 2 bass clarinets (1989)
Yiddish Ruakh, clarinet, 2 horns, piano and string ensemble/orchestra (1990)
Yiddishbbuk, string quartet (1992)
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, klezmer clarinet and string quartet/or string orch (1994)
K'vakarat, cantor (or clarinet) and string quartet (1994)
Last Round, string nonet (1996) [from original version for string orchestra]
Din, piano, bells and 4 instruments (1998)
Fish Tale, guitar and flute (1998)
Rocketekya, klezmer clarinet, klezmer fiddle, electronic viola and double bass (1998)
Doina, string quartet (1999)
Mariel, cello and marimba (1999)
Lullaby and Doina, flute, clarinet, violin, (opt. 2nd violin), viola, cello and double bass (2001)
K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadalupe (Festival for the Holy Mother of Guadalupe), str qt, marimba and tape (2002)
Tenebrae, string quartet; or soprano, clarinet and string quartet (2002)
Tekyah, klezmer clarinet,accordion w/sound processing, 3 trpts, 3 hns, 2 trom/dbl on shofars) and 4 additional shofars (2004)
Solo Instrument
Omaramor, cello (1991)
Piano
Third World, 2 pianos (1993)
November, dance theater with 2 pianos (1994)
Levante, piano (2004)
ZZ's Dream, piano (2008) [arr. from work for chamber orchestra]
Vocal
Ballad of the Drowned Solitude, 2 voices, 2 clarinets and 2 bass clarinets; or 3 clarinets and 3 bass clarinets (1989)
Amor Americano, narrator and 2 string ensembles (1991)
There is Wind and There are Ashes in the Wind, narrator, clarinet and piano (1991)
Av Horachamin, cantor and electric string quartet (1994)
K'vakarat, cantor (or clarinet) and string quartet (1994)
Three Arias from La Pasión según San Marcos, Brazilian jazz vocalist, soprano, choir and chamber orchestra (2000)
How Slow the Wind, soprano and orchestra/ or string quartet (2001)
Luce, soprano or baritone and 2 pianos (2001)
Tenebrae, soprano, clarinet and string quartet; or string quartet (2002)
Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (2001-02)
- How Slow the Wind, soprano and orchestra/or string quartet (2001) [from "Three Songs"]
- Night of the Flying Horses, soprano and orchestra; or orchestra (2002) [from "Three Songs"]
- Lúa Descolorida, soprano and orchestra/or string quartet/or piano (2002) [also in "Three Songs"]
Rumba Mariana, mezzo-soprano, 12 female voices and orchestra (2003) [from "Ainadamar", 2003]
Ayre, song cycle (11 songs), soprano and ensemble (2004) [based of folksong from around the world]
- Mananita de San Juan (Morning of St. John's Day)
- Una Madre Comió Asado (A Mother Roasted her Child)
- Tancas Serradas a Muru (Walls are Encircling the Land)
- Luna
- Nanni
- Wa Habibi (My Love)
- Aiini Taqttiru (My Eyes Weep)
- Kun Li-Guitari Wataran Ayyuha Al-Maa' (Be a String, Water, to my Guitar)
- Sueltate las Cintas (Untie your Ribbons)
- Yah, Anna Emtzacha (Oh, Where Shall I find You?)
- Ariadna en su Laberinto (Ariadne in Her Labyrinth)
Mariel, cello and orchestra (2008) [also version for cello and marimba)
She Was Here, voice and orchestra (2008) [4 songs by Franz Schubert, orchestrated and with an introduction by Golijov]
Incidental/Film
The Man who Cried, film score (2000)
Darkness, film score (2002)
Youth Without Youth, film score (2007)
Tetro, film score (2009)
GOLIJOV LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Golijov on Golijov ~ top of page ~
Argentine Composer Osvaldo Golijov Follows His Intuition (John Terauds, The Star/Toronto)
Composer of Spiritual Communions (Caleb Bach, The Free Library)
Conversation Between Osvaldo Golijov and David Harrington (Facebook)
A Conversation with Osvaldo Golijov (Habitus)
Golijov Still 'Readjusting' to $500K MacArthur Award (MollySheridan, NewMusicBox)
Golijov's St. Mark Passion (Greg Sandow)
Into the Blue (David Weininger, Boston.com)
The Many Passions of Osvaldo Golijov (countercritic)
Mixing It Up: The Passions of Osvaldo Golijov (Aaron Retica, Andante.com)
Osvaldo Golijov: A Mission of Creative Anarchy (John Lewis, Times Online)
Osvaldo Golijov and Kronos' Dreams and Prayers (Norman Weinstein, Phoenix)
Osvaldo Golijov Blurs Folk and Art Music (World Music Central)
Osvaldo Golijov’s Opera Ainadamar (Galit Gertsenzon, David's Voice)
Osvaldo Golijov Spins the Classical World (Steve Hochman, Spinner)
‘La Pasion’ Puts Osvaldo Golijov in the Spotlight (BMI)
The Passion of Osvaldo Golijov (Robyn Israel, Palo Alto Weekly)
Perspectives: Putting It Together - Osvaldo Golijov talks to Ara Guzelimian (PlaybillArts)
Rediscovering His ‘Pasión’ (David Weininber, Boston.com)
Resurrection: Golijov's Pasión (Alex Ross, The New Yorker)
Yo-Yo Ma Masters Golijov's "Azul" (Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times)
Composer's website
Golijov @ Wikipedia
Golijov @ American Composers Orchestra
Golijov @ Answers.com
Golijov @ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Golijov @ BMI
Golijov @ Boosey & Hawkes
Golijov @ Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Golijov @ Carnegie Hall
Golijov @ Chamber Orchestra of Boston
Golijov @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Golijov @ Classical Archives
Golijov @ Classical Composers Database
Golijov @ Classical Net
Golijov @ ClassicsToday
Golijov @ Collage New Music
Golijov @ College of the Holy Cross
Golijov @ composition:today
Golijov @ Dilettante Music
Golijov @ Facebook
Golijov @ Filmbug (via google)
Golijov @ Forum Network
Golijov @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Golijov @ InstantEncore
Golijov @ Ionarts
Golijov @ The Living Composers Project
Golijov @ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Golijov @ Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Golijov @ Music Associates of America
Golijov @ MusicWeb International
Golijov @ MySpaceMusic
Golijov @ Naxos
Golijov @ New Center for Arts and Culture
Golijov @ The New York Times
Golijov @ NPRmusic
Golijov @ Opus 3 Artists
Golijov @ PRI's The World
Golijov @ Pro Musica Hebraica
Golijov @ Vivien Schweitzer
Golijov @ St. Paul Sunday Morning
Golijov @ The Silk Road Project
Golijov @ SoundtrackCollector
Streaming Audio
Golijov @ Classical Archives
Golijov @ Ideas Boston Conference
Golijov @ last.fm
Golijov @ MySpaceMusic
Golijov @ NPRmusic
Golijov @ PRI's The World
Golijov @ PRX (Public Radio Exchange)
Golijov @ Radio Open Source/Speaking of Music: Alex Ross’s 20th Century
Golijov @ Rhapsody
Golijov @ St. Paul Sunday Morning
Golijov @ WBUR/On Point: Osvaldo Golijov’s Musical “Passion”
Golijov @ WGBH/Interview with Osvaldo Golijov
Recordings
Golijov @ ArkivMusic
Golijov @ ClassicsOnline
Golijov @ Discogs
Golijov @ YouTube
Golijov @ Forum Network/Meet the Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
Golijov on Golijov: Boston Symphony Interview with Osvaldo Golijov
Golijov on Golijov: Tetro - Music Born from the Film
Golijov on Golijov: On the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Golijov on Golijov: On the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival
Golijov on Golijov: An Interview with Golijov about His Opera "Ainadamar"/WGBH
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