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Golijov, Osvaldo (b. December 5, 1960, La Plata). Argentinean-born American composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world.
Prof. Golijov studied piano privately with his mother and then at a local conservatory. He also studied composition privately with Gerardo Gandini in Buenos Aires, with Mark Kopytman at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem from 1983-86 and with George Crumb at the University of Pennsylvania, where earned his PhD. He also studied with Lukas Foss and Oliver Knussen as a fellow at Tanglewood in 1990.
His honors include the Koussevitzky Composition Prize (1990), the Paul Fromm Award (1992), two Kennedy Center Friedheim awards (1993, 1995), the BMW-Preis for music theatre composition from the Biennale München (1994), the Stoeger Prize for Contemporary Music from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (1996), and the Diapason d'Or (1997). He has received commissions from the Barlow Foundation, the Biennale München, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the European Music Festival, the Guggenheim Foundation, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Spoleto Festival.
Prof. Golijov is also active in other positions. He served as composer-in-residence to Merkin Hall in New York from 1998-2000 and to the Music Alive series of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001-02.
He has taught as an associate professor at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts since 1991 and is also on the faculties of the Boston Conservatory of Music and Tanglewood.
He has lived in the USA since 1986.
Ytalianna publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: Ytalianna@aol.com
Website: http://www.osvaldogolijov.com
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Ainadamar (chamber opera, libretto by David Henry Hwang), soloists, mixed chorus, small orchestra, CD, 2003, revised 2004
ORCHESTRAL: Yiddish Ruakh, small orchestra (clarinet, 2 French horns, piano, strings), 1990; Crónicas, 22 strings, 1990; Amor que mueve el sol, string orchestra, 1991; Last Round, string orchestra, 1996 (also version for 2 string quartets, double bass)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Omaramor, cello, 1991; Yiddishbbuk, string quartet, 1992; Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, clarinet, string quartet, 1993-94; Last Round, 2 string quartets, double bass, 1996 (version of work for string orchestra); Rocketekya, klezmer clarinet, klezmer violin, electric viola, double bass, 1998; Din, piano, tubular bells, ensemble (any 4 players), 1998; Lullaby and Doina, flute, A-clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 2000 (also version as Night of the Flying Horses); K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadulupe, string quartet, tape, 2001
CHORAL: Cantata of the Innocents (texts from 3rd-century BC Hebrew hymns), mixed chorus, 1990; Mournes, mixed chorus, clarinet, 2 French horns, minimum 3 celli, 1992; Oceana, female voice, boy soprano, mixed chorus, 3 guitars, small orchestra (3 flutes, 2 percussion, strings), 1995-96; La Pasión según San Marcos, soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999-2000
VOCAL: Tres Fragmentos, 3 sopranos, harp, cello, 1986; Balada of the Drowned Solitude (text from an anonymous source), 2 voices, 4 clarinets, 1990; Amor americano (text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, 2 string orchestras, 1991; There is Wind and there are As (text by Elie Wiesel), speaker, clarinet, piano, 1991; Sarajevo, voice, clarinet, viola, double bass, 1993; K'vakarat (text from the Prayer of Yom Kippur), cantor, clarinet, string quartet, 1993; Av Horachamim, cantor, electric string quartet, 1993; Insomnío en Lublin, soprano, flute, piano, percussion, 1998; Lúa descolorida, soprano, piano, 1999 (also version for soprano, string orchestra, 1999); How Slow the Wind, soprano, string quartet, 2001 (also version for soprano, orchestra, 2002); Three Songs, soprano, orchestra, 2001-02; Night of the Flying Horses, soprano, orchestra, 2002 (version of Lullaby and Doina); Tenebrae, soprano, clarinet, string quartet, 2002
PIANO: Third World, 2 pianos, 1993; November, 2 pianos, 1994
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR): The Man Who Cried, 2000 (Sally Potter); 11'9"01 September 11 (Mexican segment), 2002 (Alejandro González Iñárritu; collaboration with Gustavo Santaolalla)
ARRANGEMENTS: Circus Polka (Igor Stravinsky), string quartet; Caravan (3 pieces [Carlos Paredes]; Tonight is the Night [Raoul dev Bourman]; La muerte chiquita [Café Tacuba]; Gloomy Sunday [Rezsö Seress]; Turceasca [Taraf de Haïdouks]; The Tango Responso [Anibal Troilo]; Misirlou Twist [Dick Dale]), string quartet; Je crois entendre encore from Les pêcheurs de perles (Georges Bizet), tenor, 2 pianos (also version for tenor, orchestra); Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell), female voice, gypsy ensemble; Jalousie (Jacob Gade), violin, piano; Nuevo (El Sinaloense [Severiano Briseño]; Se me hizo fácil [Agustín Lara]; Mini Skirt [Juan García Esquivel]; El llorar [traditional]; Nacho Verduzco [Chalino Sánchez]; Tabu [Margarita Lecuona]; 12/12 [Café Tacuba]), string quartet
(Last updated on January 2, 2005)
