Finn is lioness of Venice
mainThe Venice Music Biennale has awarded its Golden Lion to the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
The award will be made in September, ahead of Lucia Ronchetti’s first Biennale as Artistic Director.
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Most classical musicians use press photos of themselves from when they were in their 20’s.
This young lady prefers to present a computer-generated rendition of a 40-year-old version of herself.
These Finns, always goofing around.
I wish her luck as she starts off on what is certainly a promising career.
You are joking, right? She’s 68.
Sir: This is actually a picture from her Covid lockdown interview published by the Finnish radio.
Sorry to bring you this non-fake news.
You can be a much better person than this.
You realize that she was born in 1952?
You are serious competition to John Borstlap around here.
She originally studied art at the Helsinki University of Art and Design, although that fact seems to have been conveniently airbrushed from her Wikipedia entry, as well as from many “authorised” biographies. Her composition studies were in Helsinki and Freiburg (with Ferneyhough). So she got into contemporary music at the deep end. If I were in the position to commission her, which I am not, I’d ask for a piece in C Major for children’s choir.
a really first rate composer, but only for horror films.
Just wondering what happened to my comment.
You plug her more times than a bath tub.