1952 - 2023
Kaija Anneli Saariaho (Finnish: [ˈkɑi̯jɑ ˈsɑːriɑho]; née Laakkonen; 14 October 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Finnish National Opera, among others. In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer.Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg, and Paris, where she also lived since 1982. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaija Saariaho has received more than 380,191 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Kaija Saariaho is the 757th most popular composer (up from 798th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Finland (up from 118th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Composer.
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Among composers, Kaija Saariaho ranks 757 out of 1,216. Before her are Pierre Attaingnant, Louise Farrenc, Edmond Audran, Matvey Blanter, John Taverner, and Johann Friedrich Agricola. After her are Albéric Magnard, Karol Lipiński, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Péter Eötvös, Luigi Denza, and Hans von Koessler.
1494 - 1552
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 751
1804 - 1875
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 752
1840 - 1901
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 753
1903 - 1990
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 754
1490 - 1545
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 755
1720 - 1774
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 756
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 757
1865 - 1914
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 758
1790 - 1861
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 759
1690 - 1749
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 760
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 761
1846 - 1922
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 762
1853 - 1926
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 763
Among people born in 1952, Kaija Saariaho ranks 164. Before her are Charlie Whiting, Rosemarie Ackermann, Freddy Maertens, Lam Ching-ying, Jeff Lindsay, and Gennady Timchenko. After her are Sergio Marchionne, Johann Schneider-Ammann, Anote Tong, Stewart Copeland, Sharon Osbourne, and Harold Faltermeyer. Among people deceased in 2023, Kaija Saariaho ranks 140. Before her are Horst-Dieter Höttges, Juraj Jakubisko, Ahmad Jamal, Ingrid Haebler, Frederic Forrest, and Robert Blake. After her are Ruud Geels, Jim Brown, George Pell, Ferran Olivella, Josep Maria Fusté, and Shane MacGowan.
1952 - 2019
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 158
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 159
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 160
1952 - 1997
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 161
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 162
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 163
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 164
1952 - 2018
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 165
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 166
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 167
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 168
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 169
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 170
1943 - 2023
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 134
1938 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 135
1930 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 136
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 137
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 138
1933 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 139
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 140
1948 - 2023
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 141
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 142
1941 - 2023
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 143
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 144
1941 - 2023
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 145
1957 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 146
Among people born in Finland, Kaija Saariaho ranks 110 out of 642. Before her are Sanna Marin (1985), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Juha Mieto (1949), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), and Lauri Ingman (1868). After her are Bo Carpelan (1926), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Anders Chydenius (1729), and Aimo Lahti (1896).
1985 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 104
1901 - 1984
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 105
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 106
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 107
1864 - 1935
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 108
1868 - 1934
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 109
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 110
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 111
1937 - 2013
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 112
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 113
1908 - 1973
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 114
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 115
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 116
Among composers born in Finland, Kaija Saariaho ranks 5. Before her are Jean Sibelius (1865), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), and Oskar Merikanto (1868). After her are Selim Palmgren (1878), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Martin Wegelius (1846), Toivo Kuula (1883), Kalevi Aho (1949), and Magnus Lindberg (1958).
1865 - 1957
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 1
1775 - 1838
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 2
1928 - 2016
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 3
1868 - 1924
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 4
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 5
1878 - 1951
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 6
1887 - 1947
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 7
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 8
1846 - 1906
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 9
1883 - 1918
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 12