She brought new textures to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female composer to have two operas staged by the Met. By Joshua Barone Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish ...

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.

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

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.

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.

As a youngster, when Kaija Saariaho laid down in bed at night, she couldn't stop the music churning in her head. She'd ask her mother to "turn off" the pillow, thinking the sounds were emanating ...

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 ...

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.