Saariaho, Kaija

Kaija Saariaho (Helsinki, Finland)

(1952–2023)

2023–24 Season: Composer, Kaija Saariaho's Innocence

Recent and Upcoming: Innocence (Aix-en-Provence, Helsinki’s Finnish National Opera, London’s Royal Opera Covent Garden, Dutch National Opera, Metropolitan Opera); L’Amour de Loin (Metropolitan Opera); Adriana Mater (San Francisco Symphony); La Passion de Simone (New York’s Gerald W. Lynch Theater); Émilie (Lincoln Center); Only the Sound Remains (Lincoln Center); True Fire (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Visiting professor at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley

Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance (Reconnaisance)

Grammy Award for Best Opera Performance (L’Amour de Loin)

Grawemeyer Award

BBC Music Magazine Greatest Living Composer (2019)

The New York Times Composer of the Year (2021)

Website: saariaho.org