Kaija Saariaho – Upcoming Concerts
SoundNOW Contemporary Music Festival: Chamber Cartel & Benjamin Shirley's 'seed tension'
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Florence Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
Program includes works by
Aaron Jay Myers,
John Luther Adams,
Anthony Donofrio,
Christopher Adler,
Kaija Saariaho,
Drew Dolan, and
Benjamin Shirley.
Free
International Contemporary Ensemble: Boulez Rebooted
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), New York, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Sombre
(for bass flute, baritone, harp, percussion, & double bass)
Philippe Manoury — Hypothèse du Sextuor (for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, & percussion)
Tyshawn Sorey — Sentimental Shards (for string quartet, two vibraphones, glockenspiel, & piano)
Pierre Boulez — Anthèmes II (for violin & electronics)
Various — PIiages, hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere; for ensemble & Somax2 AI electronics)
Philippe Manoury — Hypothèse du Sextuor (for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, & percussion)
Tyshawn Sorey — Sentimental Shards (for string quartet, two vibraphones, glockenspiel, & piano)
Pierre Boulez — Anthèmes II (for violin & electronics)
Various — PIiages, hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere; for ensemble & Somax2 AI electronics)
$50-$60
BMC Matinee Program: Music from Scandinavia
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg
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Selected works
Jean Sibelius — Selected works
Amanda Röntgen-Maier — Violin Sonata in B minor
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Jean Sibelius — Selected works
Amanda Röntgen-Maier — Violin Sonata in B minor
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Free
BMC Night Beat: Music & Stories from Scandinavia with Grant Donnellan, violin & Judith Widrig, piano
Friday, February 7, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg
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Selected works
Jean Sibelius — Selected works
Amanda Röntgen-Maier — Violin Sonata in B minor
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Jean Sibelius — Selected works
Amanda Röntgen-Maier — Violin Sonata in B minor
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Free ($20 suggested donation; students free)
NY Phil: Canellakis Conducts Messiaen & 'La Mer'
Thursday, February 13, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Lumière et pesanteur ("Light and Matter")
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
$66-$220
NY Phil: Canellakis Conducts Messiaen & 'La Mer'
Saturday, February 15, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Lumière et pesanteur ("Light and Matter")
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
$68-$227
NY Phil: Canellakis Conducts Messiaen & 'La Mer'
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Lumière et pesanteur ("Light and Matter")
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
Alban Berg — Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Olivier Messiaen — Les Offrandes Oubliees ("The Forgotten Offerings")
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111
$66-$220
Wayward Music Series: Forbidden Valley Ensemble plays Saariaho
Saturday, March 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Lumière et pesanteur ("Light and Matter")
Kaija Saariaho — Changing Light
Kaija Saariaho — Leino Songs
Kaija Saariaho — Cinq Reflets de L'Amour de loin ("Five Reflections on Love from Afar")
Kaija Saariaho — Changing Light
Kaija Saariaho — Leino Songs
Kaija Saariaho — Cinq Reflets de L'Amour de loin ("Five Reflections on Love from Afar")
$5-$20 suggested donation
Friends of Chamber Music: Meta4
Monday, April 28, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175) at Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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"V. Fleurs de neige" from Neiges
Amy Beach — Quartet for Strings (in One Movement), Op. 89
Krishna Nagaraja — Stringar
Jean Sibelius — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"
Amy Beach — Quartet for Strings (in One Movement), Op. 89
Krishna Nagaraja — Stringar
Jean Sibelius — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 student rush ages 24 & under/Arts for All)