Mostly Mozart's Latin Twist

By
Allison Lichter
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

When the Mostly Mozart festival gets underway tonight, Avery Fisher Hall will shake with the sounds of latin percussion. That’s because for the first time in it’s over forty year history, the festival has chosen a composer in residence – the Argentine-American compoer Osvaldo Golijov. Allison Lichter has more.

Osvaldo Golijov on WNYC's Evening Music

Osvaldo Golijov on WNYC's New Sounds


Mostly Mozart Festival website

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