Kaija Saariaho
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Aug 10, 2023
8:00 PM PDT
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Tarmo Peltokoski leads an evening with Nordic flair. The Filipino-Finnish conductor brings two works by Finland’s greatest composers, opening with music by Kaija Saariaho and closing with Sibelius’ Second Symphony, a work that the Dutch newspaper RNC called “nothing less than a miracle” and “staggering, breathtaking, tear-jerkingly beautiful” when Peltokoski recently performed it. Cuban-Finnish artist Anton Mejias continues the northern European theme with the Norwegian Edvard Grieg’s tour-de-force and wildly popular Piano Concerto.
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Kaija Saariaho Biography
Kaija Saariaho (born October 14, 1952) is a Finnish composer.
She studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. Her studies and research at IRCAM have had a major influence on her music and her characteristically luxuriant and mysterious textures are often created by combining live music and electronics. Although much of her catalogue comprises chamber works, from the mid-nineties she has turned increasingly to larger forces and broader structures, such as the operas L’Amour de loin, premiered at the 2000 Salzburg Festival, and Oltra mar, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. Her second opera Adriana Mater was commissioned for l'Opéra de Paris' 2006 season.
Read MoreShe studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. Her studies and research at IRCAM have had a major influence on her music and her characteristically luxuriant and mysterious textures are often created by combining live music and electronics. Although much of her catalogue comprises chamber works, from the mid-nineties she has turned increasingly to larger forces and broader structures, such as the operas L’Amour de loin, premiered at the 2000 Salzburg Festival, and Oltra mar, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. Her second opera Adriana Mater was commissioned for l'Opéra de Paris' 2006 season.
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