Visionary Eclectic Or Crossover Disaster?

In North America, the composer Osvaldo Golijov is frequently hailed as the greatest composer of his era, and his eclectic style is seen as representing the future of classical music. But in Europe, Golijov is far less celebrated, and many critics have attacked that same eclecticism. The composer himself doesn’t seem to mind the strangely divergent reactions to his work.