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name: "Osvaldo Golijov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/osvaldo-golijov"
fi1m_id: "osvaldo-golijov"
imdb_id: "nm0326497"
tmdb_id: 52982
wikidata_id: "Q701257"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 December 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:52:01.841037+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Osvaldo Golijov

## Identity

Osvaldo Golijov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/osvaldo-golijov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** osvaldo-golijov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0326497
- **TMDB ID:** 52982
- **Wikidata ID:** Q701257
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Golijov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701257, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52982

Composer. Born 5 December 1960 in La Plata, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 December 1960, La Plata, Argentina
- **Also known as:** Osvaldo Noé Golijov
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Golijov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701257, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52982

## Biography

Osvaldo Noé Golijov is an Argentine composer of classical music and a music professor. He was born on 5 December 1960 in La Plata, Argentina.

He studied piano and composition in Argentina before emigrating to Israel in 1983, where he continued his studies in Jerusalem. He later moved to the United States and earned a PhD in composition from the University of Pennsylvania, studying with George Crumb. Since 1991 he has taught at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he is Loyola Professor of Music.

Golijov has composed scores for several films by Francis Ford Coppola, including *The Man Who Cried* (2000), *Youth Without Youth* (2007), *Tetro* (2009), *Twixt* (2011) and *Megalopolis* (2024). He has also written concert works such as the opera *Ainadamar* and *La Pasión según San Marcos*. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, osvaldogolijov.com, bso.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire* (2024), Music
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Zanjmoore* (2012), Music
- *Twixt* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Oath* (2010), Music
- *Tetro* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Youth Without Youth* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *September 11* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Cried* (2000), Music
- *Point of View* (1988), series, Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Vilcek Prize 2008: Vilcek Prize (won)
- Stoeger Prize 1996: Stoeger Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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