Electric Shock
Why has classical music been so slow to incorporate electric instruments?
Why has classical music been so slow to incorporate electric instruments?
The ambitious Sydney-based opera company will perform four programs including a double bill featuring a work by Kaija Saariaho and a world premiere by Felicity Wilcox.
Trio Argenti (almost) concludes the 2021 BMF with an intriguing choice of repertoire.
After a hiatus in 2020, we once again asked our reviewers and readers to vote for the Australian and International Artists of the Year. We are thrilled to announce our 2021 winners.
Part Scandi-noir thriller, part Ancient Greek drama, Kaija Saariaho's Innocence makes for persuasive music theatre.
Big questions answered with Esfahani in modernist harpsichord recital.
Finley and Lintu show Saariaho’s heart and soul.
Australians make a strong case for Saariaho’s well-travelled oratorio, but can’t entirely overcome the work's curiously dissatisfying nature.
Director Imara Savage talks about the challenges of staging the Australian premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s strange, contradictory oratorio about the life of French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil.
The line-up includes Kaija Saariaho's oratorio La Passion de Simone, Schaübuhne's Beware of Pity and a divisive play called Daughter that has had women walking out.
A century ago Finland gained independence after a political struggle fuelled by art and music. Does that lie behind Finland’s musical pre-eminence today?
The new music ensemble’s performance for International Women’s Day launches a year celebrating female composers. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
With works cherry-picked from across Saariaho’s career since 1982, this album shines a spotlight on the beauty and intimacy of her chamber music.