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- Called an art for the 21st century, his work drew on such influences as Jewish liturgical and folk music, particularly klezmer; popular Latin American dance forms; Middle Eastern songs; and Western classical music of all periods.
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Jul 14, 2024 · In the case of Golijov, that was always going to mean a world-embracing kind of music. From the beginning, the diverse musical styles of his heritage have combined to create a many-hued mix...
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Starting in 2000, Golijov composed movie soundtracks for documentaries and other films, including The Man Who Cried, Youth Without Youth, Tetro and Twixt. He also composed and arranged chamber music, including for the Kronos Quartet and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Golijov composed music in most principal genres. He commonly wrote for unconventional instruments (using the accordion, Cuban drums, cimbalom, or kamāncheh [a Persian spike fiddle], for example, with Western orchestral instruments), and he sometimes used sampled and amplified sounds.
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In 2000 Mr. Golijov produced his defining hit, “La Pasión Según San Marcos,” a riotous celebration of Latin American folk music, laced with Gregorian chant and Afro-Caribbean drumming, that ...
Jan 18, 2021 · Osvaldo Golijov is a MacArthur "genius" composer who's written for Yo-Yo Ma, Kronos Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw. But in 2012, he was accused of plagiarism, and he disappeared from the scene.
Mar 17, 2013 · Composer Golijov, Soprano Upshaw Unite for 'Ayre'. October 8, 2005 • Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov's music brings together influences of his eastern European roots, Jewish heritage and...
Golijov and composers Sofia Gubaidulina, Tan Dun, and Wolfgang Rihm were commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to write pieces for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach.
