Kaija Saariaho
Musician · Finland · 1952–2023
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Discography
Bach & Beyond, Part 12012
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Trios2012
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D'om le vrai sens / Laterna Magica / Leino Songs2011
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L’Amour de loin2009
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Notes on Light / Orion / Mirage2008
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A Due2007
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L'œuvre pour violoncelle2006
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In due tempi2005
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Cinq Reflets de L'Amour de Loin / Nymphea Reflection / Oltra Mar2004
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Chamber Music2004
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Graal Théâtre / Solar / Lichtbogen2002
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L'aile du songe2002
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Six japanese gardens / Trois rivières delta2002
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Château de l'âme / Graal théâtre / Amers2001
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From the Grammar of Dreams2000
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New Gates2000
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La Dame à la Licorne / Cloud Music1998
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Private Gardens1997
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From Scandinavia1996
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Du Cristal / …À La Fumée / Nymphéa1993
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Maa1992
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Endymion Ensemble: Lindberg / Kaipainen / Hämeenniemi / Saariaho1989
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Lichtbogen / Io / Verblendungen / Stilleben1989
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The Fantastic Harpsichord1987
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A Portrait of Kaija Saariaho1985
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Achievements
- Award
- Knight of the National Order of Merit
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- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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- Léonie Sonning Music Prize
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- Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
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- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
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- Polar Music Prize
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- Grawemeyer Awards
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- Wihuri Sibelius Prize
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- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
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- honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
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- Stoeger Prize
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- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
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- Finnish Music Hall of Fame
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- doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki
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- doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku
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- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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- Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
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- Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music
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- Officer of the National Order of Merit
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Identifiers & aliases
Also known as: Kaija Anneli Laakkonen, Kaija Anneli Saariaho, Kaija Laakkonen, Saariaho
Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Finnish National Opera, among others. In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer.
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