Kaija Saariaho

(2013)
Biografi
Kelahiran	(fi) Kaija Anneli Laakkonen 14 Oktober 1952 Helsinki (Finlandia)
Kematian	2 Juni 2023 (70 tahun) Arondisemen ke-8 Paris (Prancis)
Penyebab kematian	Glioblastoma
Data pribadi
Pendidikan	Sibelius Academy (en)
Kegiatan
Spesialisasi	Seni pertunjukan, music composition (en) dan musik
Pekerjaan	penggubah lagu, dirigen
Genre	Opera, contemporary classical music (en) , Musik elektronik dan spectral music (en)
Murid dari	Paavo Heininen (en) dan Brian Ferneyhough
Instrumen	Gitar, biola, Piano dan organ
Karya kreatif
Karya terkenal Adriana Mater (en) (1991) Maa (en) (1999) L'Amour de loin (en) (2003) Orion (en) (2010) Émilie (en) (2018) Innocence (en)
Keluarga
Pasangan nikah	Jean-Baptiste Barrière (mul)
Anak	Aleksi Barrière (en)
Ayah	Launo Laakkonen (en)
Penghargaan (2019)  Finnish Music Hall of Fame (en) (2018)  Officer of the National Order of Merit (en) (6 Desember 2017)  Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (en) (2017)  BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (en) (2015)  honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (en) (2013)  Polar Music Prize (mul) (2013)  Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎ (en) (2011)  Léonie Sonning Music Prize (en) (2009)  Wihuri Sibelius Prize (en) (2006)  Knight of the National Order of Merit (en) (6 Desember 2005)  Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (en) (2003)  Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (en) (2003)  Penghargaan Grawemeyer (2003)  doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki (en) (2003)  doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku (en) (2001)  Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts (en) (2000)  Stoeger Prize (en)  Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music (en)  Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (en)
Situs web	saariaho.org

Kaija Anneli Saariaho (bahasa Finlandia: [ˈkɑi̯jɑ ˈsɑːriɑho]; nama gadis Laakkonen (14 Oktober 1952 – 2 Juni 2023)^[1] adalah seorang komponis Finlandia yang berbasis di Paris, Prancis. Sepanjang kariernya, Saariaho menerima undangan dari Lincoln Center untuk Kronos Quartet dan dari IRCAM untuk Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC, New York Philharmonic, Salzburg Music Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet di Paris, Opera Nasional Finlandia, dan lain-lain.^[2] Dalam jajak pendapat komponis tahun 2019 yang diadakan oleh BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho terpilih menjadi komponis terbesar yang masih hidup.^[3]

Referensi

Pranala luar

• Kaija Saariaho's homepage
• Saariaho, Kaija (1952–) at National Biography of Finland
• Chester Music Composer's homepage
• CompositionToday – Saariaho article and review of works
• Kaija Saariaho – Virtual International Philharmonic
• 2003 – Kaija Saariaho. Grawemeyer Foundation page on Kaija Saariaho.
• 2003 honorary degree recipients Diarsipkan 2019-01-12 di Wayback Machine. at University of Turku
• English language biography of Jean-Baptiste Barrière
• Iitti, Sanna: "Kaija Saariaho: Stylistic Development and Artistic Principles." International Alliance for Women in Music Journal, 2001.
• "Biografi Kaija Saariaho" (dalam bahasa Prancis). IRCAM.

Templat:ContemporaryMusicOnline

• Seter, Ronit: Saariaho's L'amour de loin: First Woman Composer in a Century at the Metropolitan Opera. Musicology Now (American Musicological Society's blog), 15 June 2016.
• Seter, Roni: Getting Close with Saariaho and L'amour de loin. NewMusicBox, 2 December 2016.
• Fiilin, Teemu: Kaija Saariaho voted greatest living composer by BBC Music Magazine. Music Finland, 13 November 2019.