Kaija Saariaho – Past Concerts
Ensemble Connect Up Close
Monday, May 6, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Resnick Education Wing), New York, NY, United States of America
Ryuichi Sakamoto
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tri
Kaija Saariaho — Nymphéa for string quartet and electronics
Levy Lorenzo — Consolas for Laptop Quartet (world premiere)
Terry Riley — In C (arr. Levy Lorenzo—"In 261.63 Hz: An Electronic Study on In C")
Kaija Saariaho — Nymphéa for string quartet and electronics
Levy Lorenzo — Consolas for Laptop Quartet (world premiere)
Terry Riley — In C (arr. Levy Lorenzo—"In 261.63 Hz: An Electronic Study on In C")
$23
NSO: Simone Young conducts 'Also sprach Zarathustra' | Lise de la Salle plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9
Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Orion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme"
Richard Strauss — Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme"
Richard Strauss — Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
$19-$112
NSO: Simone Young conducts 'Also sprach Zarathustra' | Lise de la Salle plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9
Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Orion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme"
Richard Strauss — Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme"
Richard Strauss — Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
$19-$100 ($15-$100 wheelchair/companion)
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: Travel Diaries
Saturday, March 30, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by
Fima Chupakhin,
Valentin Silvestrov (Valentyn Sylvestrov),
Steve Reich,
Marian Fil,
Stefania Turkewich,
Mykhailo Chedryk,
Ksenia Stetsenko, and
Kaija Saariaho.
$25 ($10 student)
The New Series: The Mad King
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater at The Juilliard School, New York, NY, United States
Peter Maxwell Davies
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Eight Songs for a Mad King
Arnold Schoenberg — Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41
Kaija Saariaho — From the Grammar of Dreams
Arnold Schoenberg — Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41
Kaija Saariaho — From the Grammar of Dreams
Free (RSVP required)
Frequency: Variations
Monday, January 22, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Britten
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Selected works
Felix Mendelssohn — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Melia Watras — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Felix Mendelssohn — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Melia Watras — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
$20 ($15 UW affiliate, $10 student/senior)
Roulette: Eclipse Quartet at 20
Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Fred Frith
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Selected works
Ali Can Puskulcu — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Niloufar Shiri — Selected works
Ali Can Puskulcu — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Niloufar Shiri — Selected works
$25 advance, $30 doors ($20 student/senior 65+ w/ ID)
Chamber Music at Lincoln Center: Sonic Spectrum II
Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at CMS Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States
Jessie Montgomery
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Musings
(for 2 violins; NYC premiere, CMS co-commission)
Lera Auerbach — Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 63 "September 11" (for violin & piano)
Chris Rogerson — Afterword (for 2 violins & piano)
Kaija Saariaho — Light and Matter (for piano, violin, & cello)
Lera Auerbach — Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 63 "September 11" (for violin & piano)
Chris Rogerson — Afterword (for 2 violins & piano)
Kaija Saariaho — Light and Matter (for piano, violin, & cello)
SOLD OUT
SydeBoob Duo & Liz Pearse: soft bodies//hard music II.
Friday, December 22, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Selected works
Ramin Akhavijou — Selected works
Adrian Mocanu — Selected works
Chaya Czernowin — Selected works
Betsy Jolas — Selected works
Sofia Gubaidulina — Selected works
Élise Roy — Selected works
Ramin Akhavijou — Selected works
Adrian Mocanu — Selected works
Chaya Czernowin — Selected works
Betsy Jolas — Selected works
Sofia Gubaidulina — Selected works
Élise Roy — Selected works
$15
Nordic Chamber Music: Finland
Sunday, December 3, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Selected works
Laura Netzel — Selected works
TBD — Selected works (works for flute & piano by Finnish women)
Laura Netzel — Selected works
TBD — Selected works (works for flute & piano by Finnish women)
$30 ($10 student/child)
SydeBoob Duo: soft bodies//hard music i.
Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)
Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Program includes works by
Beat Furrer,
Georges Aperghis,
Amy Beth Kirsten,
Kaija Saariaho,
Jessie Cox, and
Giacinto Scelsi.
$15
Composers in Play V: Keyboard of Colors
Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, United States
Zosha Di Castri
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The Untellable Hour of Quiet
Zosha Di Castri — The Thinking Eye
Kotoka Suzuki — Hidden Voices
Kaija Saariaho — Ballade
Matthew Ricketts — Melodia
Matthew Ricketts — Swallow Songs for high soprano and piano (world premiere)
Adam Sherkin — Four Preludes: "Before the Gallows," Op. 38
Zosha Di Castri — The Thinking Eye
Kotoka Suzuki — Hidden Voices
Kaija Saariaho — Ballade
Matthew Ricketts — Melodia
Matthew Ricketts — Swallow Songs for high soprano and piano (world premiere)
Adam Sherkin — Four Preludes: "Before the Gallows," Op. 38
$30 ($25 senior/arts worker; students free)
Composers in Play V: Keyboard of Colors
Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Zosha Di Castri
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The Untellable Hour of Quiet
Zosha Di Castri — The Thinking Eye
Kotoka Suzuki — Hidden Voices
Kaija Saariaho — Ballade
Matthew Ricketts — Melodia
Matthew Ricketts — Swallow Songs for high soprano and piano (world premiere)
Adam Sherkin — Four Preludes: "Before the Gallows," Op. 38
Zosha Di Castri — The Thinking Eye
Kotoka Suzuki — Hidden Voices
Kaija Saariaho — Ballade
Matthew Ricketts — Melodia
Matthew Ricketts — Swallow Songs for high soprano and piano (world premiere)
Adam Sherkin — Four Preludes: "Before the Gallows," Op. 38
Free
Library of Congress: Meta4 Quartet
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Terra Memoria
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Jean Sibelius — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Jean Sibelius — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"
Free (registration required)
WIRED: An Electroacoustic Evening
Monday, September 18, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Old Church Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
Flannery Cunningham
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Selected works
Annie Gosfield — Selected works
Kamala Sankaram — Selected works
Hannah Ishizaki — Selected works
Eve Beglarian — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Annie Gosfield — Selected works
Kamala Sankaram — Selected works
Hannah Ishizaki — Selected works
Eve Beglarian — Selected works
Kaija Saariaho — Selected works
Free (RSVP required; $25 suggested donation)
Talea Encores: Kendall, Saariaho, Saunders, Lewis
Friday, June 9, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Hannah Kendall
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Weroon Weroon
(US premiere; for cuffed violin)
Kaija Saariaho — Duft (for solo clarinet)
Rebecca Saunders — White (for solo trumpet)
George Lewis — Seismologic (for solo bassoon & electronics)
Kaija Saariaho — Duft (for solo clarinet)
Rebecca Saunders — White (for solo trumpet)
George Lewis — Seismologic (for solo bassoon & electronics)
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra: Sibelius & Saariaho
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage), New York, NY, United States
Jean Sibelius
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Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite)
("IV. Lemminkäinen's Return")
Kaija Saariaho — L'Aile du songe (Claire Chase, flute)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Kaija Saariaho — L'Aile du songe (Claire Chase, flute)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
$19-$114
Washington Performing Arts: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Monday, May 8, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Jean Sibelius
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Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite)
("IV. Lemminkäinen's Return")
Kaija Saariaho — L'Aile du songe (Claire Chase, flute)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Kaija Saariaho — L'Aile du songe (Claire Chase, flute)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
$30-$110
New Voices Festival 2023: Worldliness I
Monday, April 24, 2023 @ 4:00am – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Benjamin Attahir
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De l'ineffable
Harrison Birtwistle — Songs from the Same Earth
Hannah Kendall — Incident
Aribert Reimann — Sinnig zwischen beyden Welten (US premiere)
Kaija Saariaho — Luonnon kasvot
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Hvolf
Harrison Birtwistle — Songs from the Same Earth
Hannah Kendall — Incident
Aribert Reimann — Sinnig zwischen beyden Welten (US premiere)
Kaija Saariaho — Luonnon kasvot
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Hvolf
$9.99
New Voices Festival 2023: Worldliness I
Thursday, April 6, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn (First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn), Brooklyn, NY, USA
Benjamin Attahir
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De l'ineffable
Harrison Birtwistle — Songs from the Same Earth
Hannah Kendall — Incident
Aribert Reimann — Sinnig zwischen beyden Welten (US premiere)
Kaija Saariaho — Luonnon kasvot
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Hvolf
Harrison Birtwistle — Songs from the Same Earth
Hannah Kendall — Incident
Aribert Reimann — Sinnig zwischen beyden Welten (US premiere)
Kaija Saariaho — Luonnon kasvot
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Hvolf
$35
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