Culture: Golijov Presents His Latest Challenge to 'Primitive' Critics ; Christopher Morley Previews Tonight's Uk Premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar at Symphony Hall

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According to one recent interview, the Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov has a problem with British music critics.

Apparently we have a "primitive, primal collective mentality" (now that is certainly worth discussing) and anoint composers before beheading them. We are "afraid of emotion, and get very uncomfortable."

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Culture: Golijov Presents His Latest Challenge to 'Primitive' Critics ; Christopher Morley Previews Tonight's Uk Premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar at Symphony Hall

One trusts he's not including The Birmingham Post in this, as we enthused mightily over his "Sound Investment" commission Last Round, premiered by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group under Stefan Asbury in October 1996. We praised both the "stature of the music and the panache of it...

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