What links Hildegard von Bingen and Kaija Saariaho, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Benjamin, is not a specific sound or aesthetic but a shared technology of transmission.

Eighteen years is far too long to go without recording an opera like Kaija Saariaho’s “Adriana Mater.” The Finnish composer’s 2006 follow-up to “L’Amour de loin” is a work of both hypnotic allure and ...

Adriana Mater Deutsche Grammophon releases the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s “Adriana Mater.” Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony lead the recording which was ...

To hear flutist Claire Chase and the Helsinki Philharmonic brilliantly navigate the dreamscape sounds of Kaija Saariaho, who suddenly died three weeks after that May performance, now seems like a ...

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's luminosity changed the whole notion of what music can represent and also indelibly illuminated 21st century opera.

The Finnish composer passed away Friday at the age of 70. She was someone of immense generosity, incisive knowledge and integrity.

Saariaho, who battled a male-dominated educational system in her native Finland, forged a strong and singular voice in contemporary music.

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 ...

Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70.

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 ...