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4 giorni fa · So begins “Innocence,” the last opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died of brain cancer last year. First seen at the Aix-en-Provence festival in France in 2021, it is now receiving its U.S. premiere in San Francisco beginning June 1. For 100 intermission-less minutes on a split-level rotating set, the two worlds play out ...
2 giorni fa · Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023) was a seminal figure in contemporary music, shaping her distinct sound from Helsinki to Paris, where she lived from 1982 until her death. Her formative years included advanced studies at institutions like IRCAM in Paris, which profoundly influenced her compositions, blending electroacoustic elements with live performances to create rich, enigmatic textures.
4 giorni fa · Opera about a school shooting’s aftermath has its US premiere in San Francisco. This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows a rehearsal of Kaija Saariaho’s opera “Innocence,” on May 22, 2024. The opera is having its US premiere at the San Francisco Opera on June 1. (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera via AP)
4 giorni fa · San Francisco Opera co-commissioned late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence.” (Photo by Andrew Campbell/Courtesy San Francisco Opera) Dutch-British director Louise Bakker, heading up the opera’s revival, is particularly fascinated by the libretto, which originally was written in Finnish by Sofi Oksanen, then translated into a multilingual version by Saariaho’s son, Aleksi ...
2 giu 2024 · Kaija Saariaho, the revered Finnish composer, died on this day, June 2023. The Carice Singers mark the first anniversary with a sequence of her iridescent music, including her final, powerful choral work Reconnaissance. Widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of our time, Kaija Saariaho has left an enduring mark on the world of music.
23 mag 2024 · The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023 at the age of seventy, is a rare exception to this rule: she waited until she was almost fifty to attempt an opera, and by her own admission she hadn’t seriously considered working in the genre until early middle age.
2 giorni fa · So begins “Innocence,” the last opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died of brain cancer last year. First seen at the Aix-en-Provence festival in France in 2021, it is now receiving ...
