Osvaldo Golijov

Osvaldo Golijov (born December 5, 1960 in La Plata ) is an Argentine composer of Eastern European, Jewish descent.

Education

After Osvaldo Golijov had studied piano at the Conservatory in La Plata and composition with Gerardo Gandini , he went to Israel in 1983 . In Jerusalem he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Rubin Academy and immersed himself in the contrasting musical traditions of this city. In 1986 he settled in the United States to do his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. He studied there with George Crumb and was a scholarship holder of Oliver Knussen in Tanglewood .

Career

In the early 1990s, Golijov began working closely with two string quartets: the St Lawrence String Quartet and the Kronos Quartet . On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the cooperation between Osvaldo Golijov and the St Lawrence String Quartet, EMI released “Yiddishbbuk” in 2002, a Grammy-nominated CD of Golijov's chamber music. The Kronos Quartet released three recordings of projects with Golijov: "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind", "Caravan" and "Nuevo". The composer also worked with the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks , the Mexican rock group Café Tacuba , the tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain and the Argentinian composer, guitarist and producer Gustavo Santaolalla . For the singer Dawn Upshaw he composed “Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra”, the opera “Ainadamar”, the cycle “Ayre” and arrangements of folk songs. Osvaldo Golijov celebrated great success with the world premiere of “Mark's Passion” (La Pasión según San Marcos) in 2000. The work was commissioned by Helmuth Rilling to mark the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death for the European Music Festival . The recording of the world premiere, which was released on CD by Hänssler, was nominated for a Grammy and a Latin Grammy in 2002. For the world premiere of Ayre, Golijov founded another ensemble: “The Andalucian Dogs”. This performed the work together with Dawn Upshaw in the Zankel Hall and recorded it for Deutsche Grammophon . The recording was released in January 2006 and won a Gramophone Award and a Grammy in 2007 . Osvaldo Golijov has received numerous commissions from renowned ensembles and institutions in the USA and Europe. His many awards include a MacArthur Fellowship . Osvaldo Golijov is composer in residence at numerous festivals and orchestras (Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons, Spoleto Festival, the “Music Alive” series of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Marlboro and Ravinia festivals etc.). The composer is currently Associate Professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where he has taught since 1991, and is a member of the faculty at the Boston Conservatory.

In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Works (selection)

Stage works

• 2003: Ainadamar (Arabic name for a fountain in Granada - in German: "Source of tears"). Opera in three pictures. Libretto : David Henry Hwang . Premiere August 10, 2003 Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. European premiere: November 24, 2007 at the Staatstheater Darmstadt .

Film music

• 2000: In stormy times , engl. The Man Who Cried . Music for the film by Sally Potter .
• 2002: Darkness . Music for Alejandro González Iñárritus contribution to the film 11'09 "01 - September 11 , segment ( Mexico ).
• 2007: youth without youth , engl. Youth Without Youth . Music for the film by Francis Ford Coppola .
• 2009: Tetro . Music for the film by Francis Ford Coppola .

Chamber music

• 1989: Ballad of the Drowned Solitude. 1st version for 2 voices, 2 Bb clarinets and 2 bass clarinets based on texts by unknown authors in Ladino and Spanish ; 2nd version for 3 Bb clarinets and 3 bass clarinets. Premiere 1994 at the Barbican Center in London
• 1990: Yiddish Ruakh, for clarinet , 2 horns , piano and string orchestra . Premiere in 1990 at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music
• 1991: There is Wind and There are Ashes in the Wind, for clarinet , piano and narrator. Premiere 1991 by the Ensemble Continuum .
• 1992: Yiddishbbuk, for string quartet . Premiere July 27, 1992 at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music by the St. Lawrence String Quartet .
• 1993: Third World, for 2 pianos
• 1994: K'vakarat. 1st version for cantor and string quartet ; 2nd version for clarinet and string quartet. Premiere January 27, 1994 at the Wexner Center for the Arts , Columbus (Ohio) .
• 1994: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for clarinet and string quartet . Premiere August 10, 1994 at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival .
• 1994: Av Horachamin, for cantor and electric string quartet ; Text: Hebrew prayer for the dead. Premiere January 27, 1994 by the Kronos Quartet and cantor Mikhail Alexandrovich.
• 1994: November. Dance theater with 2 pianos . Premiere May 16, 1994 at the 4th Biennale in Munich .
• 1996: Last Round, for string orchestra . Premiere October 25, 1996 Adrian Boult Hall , Birmingham .
• 1998: Din, for piano , tubular bells and 4 instruments. World premiere in 1998 at the Spoleto USA Chamber Music Festival .
• 1998: Fish Tale, for guitar and flute . Premiere summer 1998 in Santa Fe .
• 1998: Rocketekya, for clarinet , violin , electric viola and double bass . Premiere November 18, 1998 at Merkin Hall , New York .
• 1999: Doina, for string quartet . Premiere 1999 by the Kronos Quartet .
• 2001: Lullaby and Doina, for flute , clarinet , violin , viola , violoncello and double bass . Premiere April 2001 at Jordan Hall , Boston .
• 2001: Luce, for 2 pianos and soprano or baritone . Premiere April 8, 2001 at Miller Theater , Columbia University , New York by Ensemble Continuum .
• 2001: How Slow the Wind, for soprano and ensemble. Premiere March 2002 Minneapolis in the version for voice and orchestra.
• 2002: Lúa Descolorida, for soprano and piano or string quartet . Premiere March 2002 Minneapolis in a version for voice and orchestra.
• 2002: K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadalupe, for string quartet , marimba and tape (field recording of a ritual in Chiapas , Mexico ). Premiere March 2nd, 2002 in the Hancher Auditorium , Iowa by the Kronos Quartet .
• 2002: Tenebrae, 1st version for soprano , clarinet and string quartet , 2nd version for string quartet. World premiere of the 1st version on June 1st, 2002 at Dock Street Theater , Charleston by Courtenay Budd (soprano), Todd Palmer (clarinet) and the St. Lawrence String Quartet .
• 2004: Ayre, for soprano and ensemble. Premiere March 31, 2004 at Zankel Hall , New York by Dawn Upshaw and The Andalucian Dogs .
• 2005: Tekyah, for clarinet , accordion , 3 trumpets , 3 horns , 2 trombones and 4 shofars . WP January 27, 2005, television broadcast on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp .

Vocal works

• 1996: Oceana, for soloists, choir and orchestra based on texts by Pablo Neruda . Premiere June 27, 1996 in Eugene (Oregon) at the Oregon Bach Festival
• 2000: La Pasión según San Marcos ( Markus Passion ), for soloists, choir, 4 percussionists, berimbau , accordion , tres , piano, double bass solo and chamber orchestra based on texts from the Gospel of Mark , the Kaddish , the Lamentations of Jeremiah , the Psalms 113– 119 and by Rosalía de Castro . Premiere September 5th, 2000 in the Beethovenhalle , Stuttgart .

Discography

publishing company

Golijov's works are published by Boosey & Hawkes :

" Boosey & Hawkes, an Imagem Company, is proud to announce it has purchased Ytalianna Music Publishing LLC, including the acquisition of worldwide copyrights to all published works by the celebrated Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. "

Here is a selection of recordings of his works:

CDs

• 1994: Night Prayers - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
• 1997: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind (Nonesuch)
• 2000: Caravan - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
• 2001: Soundtrack - The Man Who Cried (Sony Classical)
• 2002: Nuevo - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
• 2002: Yiddishbbuk (EMI)
• 2003: World to Come - Maya Beiser (Koch International Classics)
• 2003: Anthem - Matt Haimovitz (Oxingale)
• 2003: Klezmer Concertos and Encores (Naxos)
• 2004: Voices of Light - Dawn Upshaw (Nonesuch)
• 2004: Borromeo String Quartet Living (Live recording from the Borromeo String Quartet's Archive)
• 2005: Ayre - Dawn Upshaw (Deutsche Grammophon)
• 2005: Goulash - Matt Haimovitz (Oxingale)
• 2006: Ainadamar (Deutsche Grammophon)
• 2007: Oceana, Tenebrae, 3 Songs (Deutsche Grammophon)
• 2007: Soundtrack - Youth without Youth (A&M Records)
• 2007: New Impossibilities (Sony Classical)
• 2007: Opera Fantasies for Violin (Naxos)
• 2008: La Pasión según San Marcos (Hänssler Classic)
• 2009: Tetro - Soundtrack (Deutsche Grammophon)

DVDs

• 2004: Borromeo String Quartet Living (live recording)
• 2004: Voices of our Time - Dawn Upshaw (TDK VTDU)
• 2005: Holocaust - A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz (BBC)

Awards

• Stoeger Prize (1996) together with Martin Bresnick for chamber music
• Gramophone Award (2006) & Grammy (2007) for "Ayre" - Osvaldo Golijov & The Andalucian Dogs
• Prix ​​Caecilia (2007) & Grammy in the categories "Best Recording of Contemporary Classical Music" and "Best Opera Recording" for "Ainadamar" - Osvaldo Golijov, Dawn Upshaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography on the composer's official homepage: Bio-Photos.
2. ↑ Short biography on the composer's official homepage: Bio-Photos.
3. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
4. ^ List of works on the composer's official homepage: Works.
5. ↑ Work catalog  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Osvaldo Golijov at Boosey & Hawkes  
6. ↑ 2007/2008 schedule ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Darmstadt State Theater. 
7. ↑ Frank Raudszus: Two sides of expressive dance one evening. ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Discussion in the online magazine Egotrip 
8. ^ Anthony Tommasini: A Life as a Passion Play, in the Shadow of García Lorca article in The New York Times -online of January 24, 2006.
9. ^ Daniel Verdú: Espert: “Solo Shakespeare tiene el poder de comunicación de Lorca” Article in El País -online of July 3, 2012.
10. ↑ Juan Ángel Vela del Campo: Ecos de la tragedia. Article in El País -online of July 9, 2012.
11. ^ Elvira Lindo Garrido: Lo lorquiano. Article in El País -online from July 15, 2012.
12. ^ Homepage of the New York ensemble Continuum
13. ↑ Archive  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Munich Biennale.  
14. ↑ Roland Zag & Cordelia Dvorák: Culture: "Music must become a compulsory subject" . In: Focus . No. 17, 1994 (interview with Hans Werner Henze ; note at the end of the text)
15. ↑ video Tekyah , 2004 by the BBC recorded in Auschwitz-Birkenau and aired in January of 2005.
16. ↑ Javier Clavere: Master's thesis in the subject of music ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from 2008 
17. ↑ Claus Spahn: United Colors of Bach . In: The time . September 14, 2000.
18. ↑ Schedule 2012/2013 ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Carnegie Hall : Performance of 10 March, 2013. 
19. ↑ News section on the homepage of the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes
20. ^ List of recordings on the composer's official homepage: Discography.

literature

• Joan Anton Cararach: Carta blanca a Osvaldo Golijov . Madrid 2011
• Javier Clavere: Semiotic Analysis of Osvaldo Golijov's Musical Setting of the Passion Narrative in La Pasión según San Marcos . Cincinnati 2008

Web links

• Works by and about Osvaldo Golijov in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of the composer
• Homepage of the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes
• Audio samples at Deutsche Grammophon
• Biography and discography at KlassikAkzente