Femmes4Music - An Interview with Kaija Saariaho

In contemporary music, women are still underrepresented and do not get the attention they deserve. With the digital feature »Femmes4Music« the ZKM | Karlsruhe is therefore presenting as part of »Female Perspectives. More Visibility for Female Art« an outstanding female composer of international renown on each of four Sundays.
Kaija Saariaho (*14.10.1952, Helsinki, Finland, † 2.06.2023, Paris) studied at IRCAM at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, among other places, where she engaged herself in algorithmic composition and electronic sound synthesis, acoustics and psychoacoustics, as well as work with tape and live electronics. Her body of work is at the same time comprehensive and versatile. In addition to orchestral works, it includes chamber music works, solo works for various instruments, electroacoustic works, choral works and, last but not least, a number of operas. In 2011, she received a Grammy for her opera »L'amour de loin« in the category Best Opera Recording. Saariaho's work »Semafor«, a commission from Carnegie Hall, had its world premiere in April of this year. In honor of her 70th birthday, classical musicians from Finland are currently creating a historically oriented collaborative work inspired by Saariaho's music. As part of this collaboration, a Finland-wide series of events will take place in the fall of 2022.
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[@KamillaSultanovaWorld]

thank you for this interview, rest in peace Kaisa Saariaho.

[@al_gc1703]

I’ll miss her a lot. 😢