Biography
Kaija Saariaho is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music and opera.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
self 3
Original Music Composer
Kaija Saariaho: Innocence (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin (2016)
Movie
Composer
Suuri illusioni (1985)
Movie
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Known For
Sound
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-10-14
Deathday
2023-06-02 (70 years old)
Birth Name
Kaija Anneli Laakkonen
Birth Place
Helsinki, Finland
Children
Aleksi Barrière
Father
Launo Laakkonen
Citizenships
Finland
Residences
Paris,
Awards
honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts, Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music, doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku, Finnish Music Hall of Fame, doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the National Order of Merit, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Stoeger Prize, Grawemeyer Award, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Polar Music Prize, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
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