Osvaldo Golijov has that distinctive ability to transcend musical boundaries and create music that not only reveals personal influences, but also has the emotional power to touch our souls. In addition to his guidance for Voices from Latin America, Golijov is holder of the 2012–2013 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair. At the heart of his residency is a performance of his La Pasión según San Marcos, with high school choral students who are participating in a creative learning project. Drawing on the sounds of Latin America—including his native Argentina—to set texts in Spanish, Latin, and Aramaic, the piece is vividly evocative, wildly inventive, and entirely characteristic of Golijov’s aesthetic.
Also this season, the St. Lawrence String Quartet’s longtime collaboration with Golijov continues with a Making Music concert that includes Ayre and Kohelet, a new quartet written for them that was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall. A performance of Golijov’s Violin Concerto by Leonidas Kavakos with The Philadelphia Orchestra—the New York premiere of his first work in the genre—and a selection of his songs with soprano Dawn Upshaw and the Crash Ensemble complete his residency.
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