This September, the musical world will see a lot of premieres and concerts featuring the works of Kaija Saariaho.
Her final work, a trumpet concerto for jazz trumpeter Verneri Pohjola titled Hush will have its German premiere performed by Staatskapelle Berlin under the baton of Susanna Mälkki. Kaija Saariaho completed the work during her lifetime but unfortunately did not live to see its world premiere in August 2023 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
This premiere is followed by several more concerts, including performances at Musikfest Berlin and Lucerne Festival.
Her widely acclaimed opera Innocence will be presented in two new productions in the upcoming season. At Musiktheater Gelsenkirchen, the first new production after the highly successful world premiere production will be realized, and later at the Semperoper Dresden.
You can find further premieres and concerts of works by Kaija Saariaho in the overview below.
September 1, 2024: Vista
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkela, Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
September 2, 2024: Hush, German premiere
Staatskapelle Berlin, Verneri Pohjola (trumpet), Susanna Mälkki, Staatsoper Berlin, Germany
Further performances on September 4 at Philharmonie Berlin and September 9 at Philharmonie Cologne
September 4, 2024: Maan varjot (Earth's Shadows), German premiere
Kammersymphonie Berlin, Kai-Uwe Jirka, Berliner Dom, Germany
September 8, 2024: Semafor, Swiss premiere
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Hochschule für Musik Lucerne, Switzerland
September 12, 2024: Saarikoski-laulut, German premiere
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Anu Komsi (soprano), Andris Nelsons, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Germany
September 28, 2024: Innocence, German premiere
Musiktheater im Revier, Elisabeth Stöppler (direction), Valttari Raumilanni, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
March 15, 2024: Innocence
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Lorenzo Fioroni (direction), Maxime Pascal, Semperoper Dresden, Germany
