Question
David Henry Hwang wrote the libretto to an opera by this composer about the love between Federico García Lorca and Margarita Xirgu, in which García Lorca is played by a woman. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer of the opera Ainadamar. This Massachusetts-based Argentine composer attempted to show the coexistence of cultures prior to the Reconquista in his song cycle Ayre (“EYE-reh”).
ANSWER: Osvaldo Golijov (“GO-lee-hoaf”) [or Osvaldo Noé Golijov]
[10m] Golijov came to prominence with a clarinet concerto inspired by this type of folk music, which inspired many melodies of Gustav Mahler and more recently a violin concerto by Noah Bendix-Balgley.
ANSWER: klezmer [prompt on Jewish folk music] (The violin concerto is Fidl-Fantazye.)
[10e] Golijov’s Azul was premiered by this Chinese-American cellist. Golijov has frequently collaborated with this man’s Silk Road Ensemble.
ANSWER: Yo-Yo Ma [or Mǎ Yǒuyǒu]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 21 | 22.38 | 100% | 76% | 48% |
Data
| Iowa State A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell B | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Indiana A | South Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| McGill A | WUSTL B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Ohio State A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | Brown A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Duke A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Florida B | Illinois A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Michigan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale A | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Florida A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Northwestern A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Stanford A | Minnesota B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell A | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |