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She was also the chair of the International Kaija Saariaho Organ Composition Competition, which selected in April 2023 eleven compositions. Saariaho was diagnosed with glioblastoma in February 2021. She died in Paris on 2 June 2023, at age 70.
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- Kaija Laakkonen, 14 October 1952, Helsinki, Finland
- 2 June 2023 (aged 70), Paris, France
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Jun 2, 2023 · Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who was brought up in the male-dominated world of high modernism and who forged an artistic identity wholly her own as she rose to the top ranks of...
Jun 2, 2023 · Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, an artist who offered a dazzling palette of colors in her music, died from complications of brain cancer Friday at her home in Paris. Her death was confirmed in...
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- Tom Huizenga
Learn about the life and music of Kaija Saariaho, a prominent member of a group of Finnish composers and performers who are now making a worldwide impact. Find out how she developed her techniques of computer-assisted composition, worked with various artists, and wrote for orchestra, opera, voice and other media.
Jun 4, 2023 · Acclaimed composer who conjured shimmering sound worlds in operas such as L’Amour de Loin and Innocence. Keith Potter. Sun 4 Jun 2023 11.04 EDT. The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who has...
Jun 2, 2023 · Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, considered to be an innovator in classical music, has died aged 70. Her family said she had been diagnosed in 2021 with an aggressive form of brain cancer and...
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Jun 3, 2023 · Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70. Saariaho died at her apartment in Paris, her family...
