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, 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 (June 2). She was 70. Saariaho died at her apartment in Paris, her ...

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. She was 70. Full Episode. Tuesday, Jun 10. Close Menu.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has a history with Kaija Saariaho. Now among the world’s most admired composers, she was little known outside of her native Finland or adopted Paris 25 years ago ...

Koh said she took particular pleasure in exploring Saariaho’s concerto with students who had previously been unfamiliar with it, blowing their minds a bit through Saariaho. “It’s been wonderful ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the first notes of Kaija Saariaho's "L'Amour de Loin (Love from Afar)" are played at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday night, it will mark only the second staged work by a ...

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 ...