Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born in La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 1960) is a Grammy award–winning composer of classical music.
Osvaldo Golijov (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡolixof]) grew up in La Plata, Argentina within a family that went to Argentina in the 1920s from Romania and the Ukraine. As a boy, Golijov studied Yiddish.
Golijov's mother was a piano teacher and his father a physician. He was raised "surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish l...
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Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born in La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 1960) is a Grammy award–winning composer of classical music.
Osvaldo Golijov (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡolixof]) grew up in La Plata, Argentina within a family that went to Argentina in the 1920s from Romania and the Ukraine. As a boy, Golijov studied Yiddish.
Golijov's mother was a piano teacher and his father a physician. He was raised "surrounded by chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Ástor Piazzolla," according to his official website. He studied piano at the local conservatory in La Plata and studied composition with Gerardo Gandini.
In 1983 Golijov moved to Israel where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy. Three years later he moved to the United States of America with his wife, Silvia. There he studied with American composer George Crumb at the University of Pennsylvania before receiving his Ph.D.
Golijov has received a MacArthur Fellowship, ...
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