OSVALDO GOLIJOV

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Osvaldo Golijov’s works include the St Mark Passion; the opera Ainadamar; Azul, a cello concerto; The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for clarinet and string quartet; the song cycles Ayre and Falling Out of Time; and the soundtracks for Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth, Tetro, Twixt, and Megalopolis. Other recent works include The Given Note, a violin concerto for soloist Johnny Gandelsman and The Knights; LAIKA for countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, which premiered with The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall; Ever Yours for string octet, premiered by St. Lawrence String Quartet and Telegraph Quartet; and Um Día Bom for string quartet Brooklyn Rider.  He was born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1960, and lived in Jerusalem before immigrating to the US in 1986.  He is the Composer-in-Residence at The College of the Holy Cross.

Photo: Yoni Golijov