Kaija Anneli Saariaho was born on Oct. 14, 1952, in Helsinki, the eldest of three children of Launo Laakkonen, an entrepreneur, and Tuovi Laakkonen. Her family was not musical, ...

Kaija Saariaho was born Oct. 14, 1952, in Helsinki. As a child, she had a vivid imagination, and would describe hearing melodies in her head. "When I was in bed in the evening, I kept hearing this ...

Composer Kaija Saariaho with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, left, and baritone Gerald Finley after the world premiere of Saariaho’s “True Fire” at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2015.

Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday (June 2). She was 70. Saariaho died at her apartment in Paris, her ...

Composer Kaija Saariaho, of Finland, arrives for the Polar Music Prize ceremony, where she is to be named Polar Music Prize laureate Composer for 2013, at the Stockholm concert hall, in Stockholm ...

Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70. Full Episode. Tuesday, Jun 10. Close Menu.

Born in Helsinki on Oct. 14, 1952, Saariaho studied at the Sibelius Academy and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. She helped found a Finnish group “Korvat auki (Ears Open) in the 1970s.

Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish-born composer whose music won international acclaim for its combination of sonic complexity and ethereal lyricism, died June 2 at her home in Paris. She was 70. The cause ...

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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 had ...