Kaija Saariaho and librettist Amin Maalouf
Adriana Mater Symposium
Santa Fe, July 2008
Photo by Lisa Hirsch
Amid all the sadness about Kaija Saariaho's death were many reports of her kindness and generosity to others, particularly other composers and performers. I want to also note that it's not everyone who has their adult children as artistic collaborators, but Saaiaho did. Her son Aleksi Barrière worked on translations for Innocence and her daughter Aliisa Neige Barrière is a conductor and violinist who was assistant conductor for the SFS bring-up of Adriana Mater.
Joshua Barone's review of Adriana mentions that there will be a recording based on the performances, which fills a gap in recordings of Saariaho's works.
- Statement from Saariaho's family at the composer's web site
- Announcement at Chester Music, Saariaho's publisher
- Announcement at Wise Music
- Joshua Barone, NY Times obit
- Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle obit
- Tim Page, Washington Post obit
- Joe Cadigan, Opera News obit
- Alex Ross, blog post
- Alex Ross, The New Yorker
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