Kaija Saariaho
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was born in Helsinki on 14 October 1952. She studied at the Sibelius Academy with Paavo Heininen, attended Darmstadt summer courses and then studied with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and at IRCAM in Paris.
In 2016 New York Metropolitan Opera performed Saariaho's opera L'Amour de loin and transmitted it to cinemas via the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series.
Kaija Saariaho lives in Paris.
A selection of articles about Kaija Saariaho
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Turn that racket down!
Aix and Pains - Giuseppe Pennisi previews the 2021 edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival
Ensemble. Lines of Blue Light - Kaija Saariaho's opera 'L'amour de loin', live in HD from New York Metropolitan Opera, impresses Maria Nockin
Ensemble. Woman for all Seasons - Gerald Fenech returns to Festival Maribor in Slovenia
CD Spotlight. Interpretative Compass - Jennifer Koh plays Bach and more, heard by Howard Smith. '... divine, finely-spun tone ...'
Ensemble. Most Memorable - A recital by Soojin Han and Tadashi Imai impresses Mike Wheeler
Ensemble. Lightness and Transparency - New World Symphony, the American orchestral academy, ends its season with an all-Tchaikovsky programme, reported by Lawrence Budmen
Record Box. Rhapsodic Cello - Music by Bruce Cale, reviewed by Malcolm Tattersall