Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov is a Grammy award winning composer of classical music.
Golijov's Romanian mother was a piano teacher and his Ukrainian father a physician. He was raised "surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla," according to his official website. He studied piano at the local conservatory in La Plata and studied composition with Gerardo Gandini.
In 2000 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. Golijov's contribution was La Pasion segun San Marcos (The Passion according to St. Mark).
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Official website of Osvaldo Golijov
Interview with Osvaldo Golijov, 2008, from Habitus: A Diaspora Journal
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