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Kaija Saariaho

1952 - 2023

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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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  • 27

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kaija Saariaho ranks 757 out of 1,216Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Kaija Saariaho ranks 164Before 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 140Before 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.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kaija Saariaho ranks 110 out of 642Before 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).

Among COMPOSERS In Finland

Among composers born in Finland, Kaija Saariaho ranks 5Before 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).