Kaija Saariaho
Born: 14th October 1952, Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2nd June 2023, Paris, France
Nationality: Finnish
Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Finnish National Opera, among others. In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer.
Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg, and Paris, where she also lived since 1982. Her research at the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) marked a turning point in her music away from strict serialism towards spectralism.
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Popular Works: Saariaho
- …de la Terre (2)
- Adriana Songs (2)
- Aile du songe (3)
- Ariel's Hail (3)
- Aure (2)
- Caliban's Dream (4)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 'Amers' (2)
- Changing Light (4)
- Cinq reflets de L'Amour de loin (2)
- D'Om le Vrai Sens (2)
- Danse des flocons (4)
- Die Aussicht (Vista) (5)
- Émilie (2)
- Émilie Suite (2)
- Ferdinand's Comfort (2)
- From the Grammar of Dreams (2)
- Gates (2)
- Graal théâtre (4)
- La Passion de Simone (3)
- Leino Songs for soprano and orchestra (2)
- Maan varjot for organ and orchestra (2)
- Mirage (2)
- Miranda's Lament (4)
- Neiges (2)
- Nocturne (2)
- Notes on Light (3)
- Nuits, adieux (2)
- Only the Sound Remains (2)
- Prospero's Vision (3)
- Quatre Instants (3)
- Quatre Messages (2)
- Terra Memoria for String Orchestra (3)
- Terrestre (2)
- The Bosun's Cheer (2)
- Tocar (2)
- Trans (2)
- Trois Rivières (3)
- True Fire (2)
- Überzeugung (2)
- Vers toi qui es si loin (3)
