Last October Chester Music composer Kaija Saariaho celebrated her 60th birthday. Anssi Karttunen, her great friend and long term collaborator, conceived an idea for a gift to which all her friends, supporters and colleagues could contribute. Chester Music set up a [ read more ... ]
The world premiere of Sombre by Kaija Saariaho will take place on February 23 at the Rothko Chapel, Houston, performed by Da Camera Ensemble. The work, for bass flute, percussion, harp and double bass was written for The Serge Koussevitsky Music Foundation in the [ read more ... ]
Following The Royal Opera’s announcement of its artistic plans for the coming years, Music Sales Classical are pleased to highlight the involvement of several of their composers – namely Philip Glass,Søren Nils Eichberg, Judith Weir and Kaija Saariaho. At the [ read more ... ]
© Priska Ketterer The Gulbenkian Foundation presents a new production of Kaija Saariaho’s “Emilie” next 17 and 18 February. This production is staged with the seal of originality of Vasco Araújo and André e Teodósio. Barbara Hannigan and the Gulbenkian [ read more ... ]
La Passion de Simone is an oratorio for solo soprano, choir, orchestra, and electronics by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.Originally premiered in a stage version directed by Peter Sellars, this oratorio about the life and work of French philosopher Simone Weil, has [ read more ... ]
