Kaija Saariaho (1952- )
Kaija
Saariaho is one of the most successful contemporary Finnish
composers. After studying with Paavo Haininen at the Sibelius
Academy, Helsinki, she worked for Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber at
the Musikhochschule in Freiburg (1981-2) and attended a computer music
course at IRCAM in Paris in 1982. She is interested in enlarging the
potential of traditional instruments and uses electronic instruments
and computers to that end. For
Lichtbogen (1985-86), for nine
instruments and live electronics, a computer was used in the
pre-compositional stage. She also makes use of extra-musical stimuli,
such as texts or natural phenomena: Nymphéa (Jardin secret III)
(1987),
for string quartet and live electronics, employs models from nature for
abstract musical composition. She has won a number of international
composition prizes, among them
the Prix Italia in 1988. Her compositions have been recorded by, among
others, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dawn Upshaw and
the Kronos Quartet.COMPOSITIONS Saariaho Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Saariaho on Saariaho
Bruden, song cycle (in 4 parts), soprano, 2 flutes and 2 percussionists (1977) [text: Edith Södergran]
Canvas (3 mvts), flute (1978)
Aurora, flugelhorn, trombone, percussion, piano and guitar (1979)
Jing, soprano and cello (1979) [text: Li Ching Chao/in Finnish]
Cartolina per Siena, tape (1979)
Nej och inte (3 songs), female quartet or chorus (1979) [text: Gunnar Björling]
Suomenkielinen sekakuorkappale, soprano, baritone and chorus (1979) [text: collage in Finnish]
Preludi - Tunnustus - Postludi, soprano and prepared piano (1980) [text: Mika Waltari/Finnish]
Study for Life, female voice, dancer, tape and lights (1980) [text: T.S.Eliot]
Yellows, horn and percussion (1980)
Im Traume, cello and piano (1980)
... sah den Vögeln, soprano, flute, oboe, cello, prepared piano and live electronics (1981) [text: collage]
Kolme preludia, soprano and organ (1981) [text: from the Bible/in Finnish]
Study II for Life, tape (1981)
Adjö, soprano, flute and guitar (1982; rev. 1985) [text: Solveig von Schoultz/in Swedish] [original title: "Ju lägre solen"]
Du gick, flög, soprano and piano (1982) [text: Gunnar Björling/in Swedish]
Laconisme de l'aile, flute and optical electronics (1982)
Vers le blanc, tape (1982)
Three Interludes and other music to "Skotten i Helsingfors", incidental music, tape (1983) [text: Joakim Groth]
Verblendungen, orchestra and computer tape (1982-84)
Csokolom, recording of scenic objects, tape (1984)
Kollisionen, percussion and electronics (1984; 1986 version for tape alone) [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
- Collisions, tape (1986) [version of "Kollisionen" for percussion and electronics, 1984]
Jardin Secret I, tape (1984-85)
Suuri Illusioni (Grand Illusion), film score (1985)
Jardin Secret II, harpsichord and electronics (1984-86)
Lichtbogen, flute, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, harp, piano and live electronics (1985-86)
Il pleut, soprano and piano (1986) [text: Guillaume Apollinaire]
* 1986 - Collisions. Tape. Version of 1984 Kollisionen. (60').
Io, 2 fl, bass flute, 2 hn, trom, tuba, 2 percussionists, harp, pf/celesta, 2 vln, va, vc, db, tape, live electronics (1986-87)
Nymphea (Jardin Secret III), string quartet and live electronics (1987)
Piipää, soprano, tenor, tape and live electronics (1987) [text: Jouni Tommola] [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
Stilleben, tape (radiophonic work) (1987-88) [text: collage of Franz Kafka, Paul Eluard and Wassily Kandinsky]
From the Grammar of Dreams, soprano and mezzo-soprano (or 2 sopranos) (1988) [text: Sylvia Plath]
Grammaire des rêves, soprano and alto voices, 2 flutes, harp, viola and cello (1988) [text: Paul Eluard]
- Grammaire des rêves, soprano and electronics (2nd version, 2002)
Petals, cello with optional live electronics (1988)
Du cristal ... à la fumée, orchestra (1989-90)
...à la fumée, alto flute and cello with live electronics and symphony orchestra (1990)
Fanfaari, chamber orchestra (1990)
Oi kuu, bass clarinet, cello and optional electronics (1990)
- Oi kuu, bass flute, cello and optional electronics (2nd version, 1993)
Maa, ballet in 7 scenes, chamber ensemble and live electronics (1991)
- Gates, flute, harpsichord, cello and live electronics (1991) [Part 2 of Maa]
- ...de la terre, violin and live electronics (1991) [Part 3 of Maa]
- Fall, harp and electronics (1991) [Part 6 of Maa]
- Aer, flute, harpsichord/keyboard, percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello and live electronics (1991) [Part 7 of Maa]
Jingle "Suomi 75 vuotta", tape (1991)
Monkey Fingers, Velvet Hand, piano (1991)
Nuits, adieux, vocal quartet (SATB) and live electronics (1991) [text: Jacques Roubaud and Honoré de Balzac]
- Nuits, adieux, vocal quartet (SATB) and chorus (2nd version, 1996)
Valon Ihme, film score (1991)
Amers, solo cello and piccolo, ob, cl, bass cl, 2 hn, 2 percussionists, harp, 2 keyboards/piano and live electronics (1992)
Caliban's Dream, baritone and solo clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp and double bass (1992) [text: Shakespeare]
- Caliban's Dream, bass baritone and alto flute, harpsichord and cello (2nd version, 1995)
Jingle for the Centre Georges Pompidou, tape (1992)
NoaNoa, Fragrant, flute and electronics (1992)
Etant donné le bleu, film score (1993) [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
La Dame à la licorne, sound installation (1993) [exhibition with paintings by Raija Malka; sound installation by Saariaho]
Solar, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussionists, harp, piano/sampler, synthesizer, violin, viola, double bass (1993)
Près, cello and electronics (1992-94)
Trois rivières, 4 percussionists and electronics (1993-94)
Graal théâtre, violin and orchestra (1994; with chamber orch, 1997) [2 parts: Delicato; Impetuoso]
Nocturne, In Memory of Witold Lutoslawski, violin (1994)
Six Japanese Gardens, percussion and electronics (1993-95)
Folia, double bass and optional electronics (1994-95)
Château de l'âme (5 songs), solo soprano, 8 female voices and orch (1995) [text: ancient Indian and Egyptian poetry/in French]
Cendres, flute, harp and viola (1991-96)
- Cendres, alto flute, cello and piano (2nd version, 1998)
Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, violin, cello and guitar (1996) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin]
- Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, cello and piano (2nd version, 1998)
- Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, harp and cello (3rd version, 1999)
Lonh, soprano and electronics (1996) [text: Jaufré Rudel/in old Provençal]
New Gates, flute, harp and viola (1996) [adaptation of movement "Gates" from Maa, 1991]
Spins and Spells, cello (1996)
Miranda's Lament, soprano, clarinet, harp, violin and double bass (1997) [text: Shakespeare]
- Miranda's Lament, soprano, flute, harp, viola and cello (2nd version, 1999)
Mirrors, music for the CD-ROM "Prisma", flute and cello (1997) [see also "Prisma", 1999]
Pilvimusiikkia, electro-acoustic instalation with variable duration (1997)
Couleurs du vent, alto flute (1998)
Forty Heartbeats, chamber orchestra (1998)
Liisan taikahuilu, flute (1998)
Neiges (5 mvts), 8 cellos (1998) [Nuages de neige; Etoiles de neige; Etoile de neige 2; Aiguilles de glace; Fleurs de neige]
La Dame à la licorne, electro-acoustic work (1993-99)
Cloud Music, electro-acoustic work (1997-99)
Oltra Mar, seven preludes for the new Millennium, chorus and orchestra (1998-99)
Ciel etoilé, double bass and percussion (1 player) (1999)
Prisma, electronic music for the CD-ROM "Prisma" (1999)
Quatre petits messages, incidental music for Unien kieliopista (From the Grammar of Dreams), 2 sopranos, flute, harp (1999)
Kaukainen rakkaus (L'Amour de loin), opera in 5 acts (1999-2000)
Sept Papillons, cello (2000)
Aile du Songe, concerto for flute and orchestra (2000)
- Aérienne Prélude - Jardin des oiseaux - D'autres rives
- Terrestre Oiseau dansant - L'oiseau, un satellite infime
Message pour Gérard, mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp and percussion (2 players) (2000)
Ariel's Hail, soprano, flute and harp (2000)
Trois rivières: Delta, percussion (1 player) and electronics (2000-01)
Song for Betty, orchestra (2001) [arr. of the last mvt. of "L'Amour de loin", 1999-2000]
Nymphéa Reflection, string orchestra (2001)
Cinq reflets de l'Amour de loin (5 parts), soprano, baritone and orchestra (2001) [text: Amin Maalouf]
Iltarukous (Evening Prayer), soprano and piano (2001) [text: Eino Leino/in Finnish]
Tag des Jahrs, chorus and electronics (2001) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin/German] [electronics realized w/Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
- Tag des Jahrs, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, 2 tenors, bass and electronics (2001) [arr. by Rachid Safir]
Überzeugung, 3 female voices/female choir, violin, cello, crotale (played by one singer) (2001) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin]
Orion, orchestra (2002)
Terrestre, flute, violin, cello, harp and percussion (2002)
Prospero's Vision, soprano and violin (2002) [text: from Siddur shim Shalom/in English]
Prospero's Vision, baritone, violin, clarinet, harp and double bass (2002) [text: Shakespeare]
Quatre instants (4 songs), soprano and piano (2002) [text: Amin Maalouf]
Changing Light, soprano and violin (2002)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, viola, cello and piano (2003)
Dolce Tormento, piccolo (2004)
Ferdinand's Comfort, soprano, baritone, flute, violin, cello, double bass and harp (or piano) (2004)
The Tempest Songbook, soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble (2004)
Adriana Mater, opera (2005) [libretto: Amin Maalouf]
Asteroid 4179: Toutatis, orchestra (2005)
Ballade, piano (2005)
Notes on Light, cello and orchestra (2006) [2nd version for cello and large chamber ensemble, 2007]
Simonen kärsimys (La Passion de Simone), oratorio, soprano, chorus and orchestra (2006)
Terra Memoria, string quartet (2006)
Vent nocturne, viola and electronics (2006)
Adriana Songs, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2006)
Echo, 2 sopranos, alto, countertenor, 2 tenors, 2 bass and electronics (2007)
Horloge, Tais-Tois!, female chorus and chamber orchestra (or piano) (2007)
Prelude, piano (2007)
Leino Songs, soprano and piano (or chamber orchestra) (2007)
Mirage, soprano, cello and piano (or soprano, cello and orchestra) (2007)
Émilie, opera (2008)
Laterna Magica, orchestra (2008)
Serenatas, cello, piano and percussion (2008)
Terra Memoria, string orchestra (2009)
Lumière et Pesanteur, orchestra (2009)
Calices, violin and piano (2009)
Cloud Trio, violin, viola and cello (2009)
D'om le vrai sens, clarinet and orchestra (2010)
Tocar, violin and piano (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Saariaho Links ~ ~ ~ Saariaho on Saariaho ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Study for Life, female voice, dancer, tape and lights (1980) [text: T.S.Eliot]
Kaukainen rakkaus (L'Amour de loin), opera in 5 acts (1999-2000)
Adriana Mater, opera (2005) [libretto: Amin Maalouf]
Émilie, opera (2008)
Ballet
Maa, ballet in 7 scenes, chamber ensemble and live electronics (1991)
- Journey
- Gates
- Door (... de la terre)
- Forest
- Windows
- Fall
- Phoenix
Orchestra
Verblendungen, orchestra and computer tape (1982-84)
Du cristal ... à la fumée, orchestra (1989-90)
Fanfaari, chamber orchestra (1990)
Forty Heartbeats, chamber orchestra (1998)
Song for Betty, orchestra (2001) [arr. of the last mvt. of "L'Amour de loin", 1999-2000]
Nymphéa Reflection, string orchestra (2001)
Orion, orchestra (2002)
Asteroid 4179: Toutatis, orchestra (2005)
Laterna Magica, orchestra (2008)
Terra Memoria, string orchestra (2009)
Lumière et Pesanteur, orchestra (2009)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
...à la fumée, alto flute and cello with live electronics and symphony orchestra (1990)
Graal théâtre, violin and orchestra (1994; with chamber orch, 1997) [2 parts: Delicato; Impetuoso]
Aile du songe, concerto for flute and harp, celeste, percussion and string orchestra (2000)
- Aérienne Prélude - Jardin des oiseaux - D'autres rives
- Terrestre Oiseau dansant - L'oiseau, un satellite infime
Notes on Light, cello and orchestra (2006) [2nd version for cello and large chamber ensemble, 2007]
D'om le vrai sens, clarinet and orchestra (2010)
Soloist(s) w/Large Ensemble
Amers, solo cello and piccolo, ob, cl, bass cl, 2 hn, 2 percussionists, harp, 2 keyboards/piano and live electronics (1992)
Notes on Light, cello and chamber ensemble [fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt, trom, tuba, timp, 2 perc, hp, pf, cel, str qt] (2nd version, 2007)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Château de l'âme (5 songs), solo soprano, 8 female voices and orch (1995) [text: ancient Indian and Egyptian poetry/in French]
Oltra Mar, seven preludes for the new Millennium, chorus and orchestra (1998-99)
- Départ
- Amour
- Vagues
- Temps
- Souvenir de vagues
- Mort (in memory of Gérard Grisey)
- Arrivée
Simonen kärsimys (La Passion de Simone), oratorio, soprano, chorus and orchestra (2006)
Horloge, Tais-Tois!, female chorus and chamber orchestra (or piano) (2007)
Choral
Nej och inte (3 songs), female quartet or chorus (1979) [text: Gunnar Björling]
Suomenkielinen sekakuorkappale, soprano, baritone and chorus (1979) [text: collage in Finnish]
Nuits, adieux, vocal quartet (SATB) and chorus (2nd version, 1996) [also for vocal qt and electronics]
Tag des Jahrs, chorus and electronics (2001) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin/German] [electronics realized w/Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
Überzeugung, 3 female voices/female choir, violin, cello, crotale (played by one singer) (2001) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin]
Echo, 2 sopranos, alto, countertenor, 2 tenors, 2 bass and electronics (2007)
Horloge, Tais-Tois!, female chorus and chamber orchestra (or piano) (2007)
Large Ensemble
Lichtbogen, flute, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, harp, piano and live electronics (1985-86)
Io, 2 fl, bass flute, 2 hn, trom, tuba, 2 percussionists, harp, pf/celesta, 2 vln, va, vc, db, tape, live electronics (1986-87)
Aer, flute, harpsichord/keyboard, percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello and live electronics (1991) [Part 7 of Maa]
Solar, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussionists, harp, piano/sampler, synthesizer, violin, viola, double bass (1993)
Neiges (5 mvts), 8 cellos (1998) [Nuages de neige; Etoiles de neige; Etoile de neige 2; Aiguilles de glace; Fleurs de neige]
Chamber
Aurora, flugelhorn, trombone, percussion, piano and guitar (1979)
Yellows, horn and percussion (1980)
Im Traume, cello and piano (1980)
Adjö, soprano, flute and guitar (1982; rev. 1985) [text: Solveig von Schoultz/in Swedish] [original title: "Ju lägre solen"]
Kollisionen, percussion and electronics (1984; other version 1986) [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
Nymphea (Jardin Secret III), string quartet and live electronics (1987)
Oi kuu, bass clarinet, cello and optional electronics (1990)
- Oi kuu, bass flute, cello and optional electronics (2nd version, 1993)
Gates, flute, harpsichord, cello and live electronics (1991) [Part 2 of Maa]
Amers, solo cello and piccolo, ob, cl, bass cl, 2 hn, 2 percussionists, harp, 2 keyboards/piano and live electronics (1992)
Trois rivières, 4 percussionists and electronics (1993-94)
Cendres, flute, harp and viola (1991-96)
- Cendres, alto flute, cello and piano (2nd version, 1998)
New Gates, flute, harp and viola (1996) [adaptation of movement "Gates" from Maa, 1991]
Mirrors, music for the CD-ROM "Prisma", flute and cello (1997) [see also "Prisma", 1999]
Ciel etoilé, double bass and percussion (1 player) (1999)
Terrestre, flute, violin, cello, harp and percussion (2002)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, viola, cello and piano (2003)
Terra Memoria, string quartet (2006)
Serenatas, cello, piano and percussion (2008)
Calices, violin and piano (2009)
Cloud Trio, violin, viola and cello (2009)
Tocar, violin and piano (2010)
Solo Instrument
Canvas (3 mvts), flute (1978)
- Tinguely
- Escher
- Duchamp
Laconisme de l'aile, flute and optical electronics (1982)
Kollisionen, percussion and electronics (1984; 1986 version for tape alone) [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
Petals, cello with optional live electronics (1988)
...de la terre, violin and live electronics (1991) [Part 3 of Maa]
Fall, harp and electronics (1991) [Part 6 of Maa]
NoaNoa, Fragrant, flute and electronics (1992)
Près, cello and electronics (1992-94)
Nocturne, In Memory of Witold Lutoslawski, violin (1994)
Six Japanese Gardens, percussion and electronics (1993-95)
Folia, double bass and optional electronics (1994-95)
Spins and Spells, cello (1996)
Couleurs du vent, alto flute (1998)
Liisan taikahuilu, flute (1998)
Sept Papillons, cello (2000)
Trois rivières: Delta, percussion (1 player) and electronics (2000-01)
Dolce Tormento, piccolo (2004)
Vent nocturne, viola and electronics (2006)
Piano/Harpsichord
Jardin Secret II, harpsichord and electronics (1984-86)
Monkey Fingers, Velvet Hand, piano (1991)
Ballade, piano (2005)
Prelude, piano (2007)
Vocal
Bruden, song cycle (in 4 parts), soprano, 2 flutes and 2 percussionists (1977) [text: Edith Södergran]
- Mitt liv, min död och mitt öde
- Lyckokatt
- Bruden
- Den sörjande trädgården
Jing, soprano and cello (1979) [text: Li Ching Chao/in Finnish]
Nej och inte (3 songs), female quartet or chorus (1979) [text: Gunnar Björling]
Preludi - Tunnustus - Postludi, soprano and prepared piano (1980) [text: Mika Waltari/Finnish]
Study for Life, female voice, dancer, tape and lights (1980) [text: T.S.Eliot]
... sah den Vögeln, soprano, flute, oboe, cello, prepared piano and live electronics (1981) [text: collage]
Kolme preludia, soprano and organ (1981) [text: from the Bible/in Finnish]
Du gick, flög, soprano and piano (1982) [text: Gunnar Björling/in Swedish]
Il pleut, soprano and piano (1986) [text: Guillaume Apollinaire]
Piipää, soprano, tenor, tape and live electronics (1987) [text: Jouni Tommola] [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
From the Grammar of Dreams, soprano and mezzo-soprano (or 2 sopranos) (1988) [text: Sylvia Plath]
Grammaire des rêves, soprano and alto voices, 2 flutes, harp, viola and cello (1988) [text: Paul Eluard]
- Grammaire des rêves, soprano and electronics (2nd version, 2002)
Nuits, adieux, vocal quartet (SATB) and live electronics (1991) [text: Roubaud and Balzac] [also for vocal qt and chorus]
Caliban's Dream, baritone and solo clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp and double bass (1992) [text: Shakespeare]
- Caliban's Dream, bass baritone and alto flute, harpsichord and cello (2nd version, 1995)
Château de l'âme (5 songs), solo soprano, 8 female voices and orch (1995) [text: ancient Indian and Egyptian poetry/in French]
- La liane
- A la terre
- La liane
- Pour repousser l'esprit
- Les formules
Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, violin, cello and guitar (1996) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin]
- Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, cello and piano (2nd version, 1998)
- Die Aussicht, soprano, flute, harp and cello (3rd version, 1999)
Lonh, soprano and electronics (1996) [text: Jaufré Rudel/in old Provençal]
Miranda's Lament, soprano, clarinet, harp, violin and double bass (1997) [text: Shakespeare]
- Miranda's Lament, soprano, flute, harp, viola and cello (2nd version, 1999)
Quatre petits messages, incidental music for Unien kieliopista (From the Grammar of Dreams), 2 sopranos, flute, harp (1999)
Message pour Gérard, mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp and percussion (2 players) (2000)
Ariel's Hail, soprano, flute and harp (2000)
Cinq reflets de l'Amour de loin, soprano, baritone and orchestra (2001) [text: Amin Maalouf]
- Outremer (Act 2, Tableaux 1)
- Songe (Act 4, Tableaux 2)
- Amour de loin (Act 2, Tableaux 2)
- Si la mort pouvait attendre (Act 5, Tableaux 2)
- Vers toi qui es si loin (Act 5, Tableaux 4)
Iltarukous (Evening Prayer), soprano and piano (2001) [text: Eino Leino/in Finnish]
Überzeugung, 3 female voices/female choir, violin, cello, crotale (played by one singer) (2001) [text: Friedrich Hölderlin]
Tag des Jahrs, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, 2 tenors, bass and electronics (2001) [arr. by Rachid Safir]
Prospero's Vision, soprano and violin (2002) [text: from Siddur shim Shalom/in English]
Prospero's Vision, baritone, violin, clarinet, harp and double bass (2002) [text: Shakespeare]
Quatre instants, soprano and piano (or chamber orchestra) (2002) [text: Amin Maalouf]
- Attente
- Douleur
- Parfum de l'instant
- Résonances
Changing Light, soprano and violin (2002)
Ferdinand's Comfort, soprano, baritone, flute, violin, cello, double bass and harp (or piano) (2004)
The Tempest Songbook, soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble (2004)
Adriana Songs, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2006)
Leino Songs, soprano and piano (or chamber orchestra) (2007)
Mirage, soprano, cello and piano (or soprano, cello and orchestra) (2007)
Film/Incidental
Three Interludes and other music to "Skotten i Helsingfors", incidental music, tape (1983) [text: Joakim Groth]
Suuri Illusioni (Grand Illusion), film score (1985)
Valon Ihme, film score (1991)
Etant donné le bleu, film score (1993) [composed with Jean-Baptiste Barrière]
Quatre petits messages, incidental music for Unien kieliopista (From the Grammar of Dreams), 2 sopranos, flute, harp (1999)
L'amour de loin, TV film score (2004)
A Journey with Peter Sellars (2008) [Saariaho's "La Passion de Simone" is one of the works featured in this film]
Electronic/Sound Installation
Cartolina per Siena, tape (1979)
Study II for Life, tape (1981)
Vers le blanc, tape (1982)
Csokolom, recording of scenic objects, tape (1984)
Jardin Secret I, tape (1984-85)
Collisions, tape (1986) [version of "Kollisionen" for percussion and electronics, 1984]
Stilleben, tape (radiophonic work) (1987-88) [text: collage of Franz Kafka, Paul Eluard and Wassily Kandinsky]
Jingle "Suomi 75 vuotta", tape (1991)
Jingle for the Centre Georges Pompidou, tape (1992)
La Dame à la licorne, sound installation (1993) [exhibition with paintings by Raija Malka; sound installation by Saariaho]
Pilvimusiikkia, electro-acoustic instalation with variable duration (1997)
La Dame à la licorne, electro-acoustic work (1993-99)
Cloud Music, electro-acoustic work (1997-99)
Prisma, electronic music for the CD-ROM "Prisma" (1999)
SAARIAHO LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Saariaho on Saariaho ~ top of page ~
Finnish Composer Bursts Some of Her Own Myths (Allan Kozinn, The New York Times)
Finnish Composer Kaija Saariaho: Uncovering Beauty in Ordinary Noise (Cori Ellison, Scandinavian Review/BNET)
Interview: Kaija Saariaho on ENO's New Production of Her Opera "L'Amour de loin" (MusicalCriticism.com)
Kaija Saariaho (Pirkko Moisala, Univ of Illinois Pr, books.google.com)
Kaija Saariaho at 50 (Brian Bice, New Music Forum)
Kaija Saariaho Awarded Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2011 (Re:New Music)
Kaija Saariaho Dazzles Arts Community (Mount Holyoke College)
Kaija Saariaho Interview (Kinderkuchen for the FBI)
Kaija Saariaho: Stylistic Development and Artistic Principles (Sanna Iitti, IAWM Journal)
Kaija Saariaho: The Sound of Dreams (and a Few Nightmares) (The Independent)
Kaija Saariaho Wins $100,000 2008 Nemmers Composition Prize (Judy Moore, Northwestern University Newscenter)
Kaija Saariaho's Musical Modernism (George Loomis, The New York Sun)
Three Encounters with Kaija Saariaho (George E. Lewis, iceorg.org)
The Uses of Electronics in Three Works by Kaija Saariaho (Paul Nelson)
The Works of Kaija Saariaho, P. Hurel and M-A Dalbavie (Damien Pousset, et al, Contemporary Music Review/informaworld)
Books
Kaija Saariaho (Pirkko Moisala, University of Illinois Pr, books.google.com)
Composer's website . . . contact Kaija Saariaho: here
Saariaho @ Wikipedia
Saariaho @ Wikipedia (Finnish)
Saariaho @ Andre Chaudron's Contemporary Music Page
Saariaho @ Answers.com
Saariaho @ Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Saariaho @ ccn-roubaix.com
Saariaho @ Chester Novello
Saariaho @ Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Saariaho @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Saariaho @ Classical Archives
Saariaho @ Classical Composers Database
Saariaho @ The Classical Source
Saariaho @ ClassicsToday
Saariaho @ composition:today also here
Saariaho @ counter)induction
Saariaho @ different waters
Saariaho @ enotes.com
Saariaho @ Facebook
Saariaho @ Fandango
Saariaho @ Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC)
Saariaho @ Grawemeyer Awards
Saariaho @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Saariaho @ InstantEncore
Saariaho @ IRCAM (in French)
Saariaho @ Kalvos & Damian
Saariaho @ London Sinfonietta
Saariaho @ Los Angeles Philharmonic also here
Saariaho @ Lucerne Festival
Saariaho @ Miller Theatre
Saariaho @ Mode Records
Saariaho @ Monash Composers
Saariaho @ Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Saariaho @ MusicWeb International
Saariaho @ My Music Base
Saariaho @ Naxos
Saariaho @ The New York Times
Saariaho @ Nordic Music Days 2010
Saariaho @ The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (W.W. Norton, books.google.com)
Saariaho @ Ondine Records
Saariaho @ Ostrava Center for New Music
Saariaho @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Saariaho @ SoundUnwound
Saariaho @ Ten Out of 10
Publisher
Saariaho @ Chester Novello
Saariaho @ Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Saariaho @ Finnish Music Information Centre
Streaming Audio
Saariaho @ Chester Novello (check under individual title listings)
Saariaho @ Classical Archives
Saariaho @ The Guardian/Kaija Saariaho Talks About Her Work
Saariaho @ last.fm
Saariaho @ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Saariaho @ NPRmusic
Saariaho @ Rhapsody.com
Recordings
Saariaho @ ArkivMusic
Saariaho @ CDeMusic
Saariaho @ ClassicsOnline
Saariaho @ Discogs
Saariaho @ Mode Records
Saariaho @ Ondine Records
Video
Saariaho @ YouTube
Saariaho @ Google Video
Saariaho @ Vimeo
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Saariaho on Saariaho: Mini-portrait (VIDEO) [in French]
Saariaho on Saariaho: à la rencontre de son public (VIDEO) [in French]
Saariaho on Saariaho: Talking About Her Work/The Guardian (streaming audio)
Composers
Speak on the Web at Pytheas~ click on composer picture to listen ~
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