Osvaldo Golijov Signs with Boosey & Hawkes

Osvaldo Golijov Signs with Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes has signed Osvaldo Golijov to its roster of composers.

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NewMusicBox Staff


Osvaldo Golijov
Photo by Sara Evans © 2002

Boosey & Hawkes has signed Osvaldo Golijov to its roster of composers. By exclusive agreement, Boosey & Hawkes now represents Golijov’s existing catalog as well as all future works.

Golijov’s upcoming projects include a commission honoring Henry Fogel to be performed by a consortium of 35 U.S. orchestras; a work for Emanuel Ax and long-time champion, Dawn Upshaw; a violin concerto for Leonidas Kavakos commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and London’s Barbican Centre; a new work for the St. Lawrence String Quartet; and a Metropolitan Opera commission for premiere in 2014.

Born in 1960 to an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, Argentina, the new U.S.-based Golijov was surrounded by classical chamber music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the “new tango” of Astor Piazzolla. This amalgam of influences features prominently in Golijov’s work, and the originality and creativity of his voice has earned him place in contemporary repertoire as well as numerous accolades, including a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Fellowship.

Golijov’s output extends even beyond traditional concert forms. He has completed two film soundtracks for Francis Ford Coppola, Youth Without Youth (2007) and Tetro (2009). Other recent compositions include Azul (2006), a cello concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Rose of the Winds (2007), premiered by the Silk Road Ensemble and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Miguel Harth-Bedoya; and She Was Here (2008), a work based on Schubert lieder premiered by Dawn Upshaw and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Golijov is currently co-composer-in-residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra together with Marc-Anthony Turnage, who joined Boosey & Hawkes in 2002.

(—Condensed from the press release)