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Sept Papillons
''Sept Papillons'' (French for "Seven Butterflies") is a piece for solo cello by Finland, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The piece was commissioned by the Rudolf Steiner Foundation and was premiered on 10 September 2000 by Anssi Karttunen, to whom the piece is dedicated. Background and composition ''Sept Papillons'' was the first piece that Saariaho wrote after completing her opera ''L'Amour de loin''. She stated that in writing it, she wanted to depart from the musical world of ''L'Amour de loin'' to move "to a metaphor of the ephemeral: butterfly". As the title suggests, the piece is made up of seven miniatures, simply entitled "Papillon I", "Papillon II", and so on.Saariaho, Kaija. ''Sept Papillons''. 2000. London: Chester Music, 2000. The piece lasts about 10 minutes in total. ''Sept Papillons'' was commissioned by the Rudolf Steiner Foundation, and was premiered by Anssi Karttunen in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 September 2000. Saariaho also dedicated the piece to Karttune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has 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 has lived since 1982. Her research at the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) marked a turning point in her music away from strict serialism towards spectralism. Her characteristically rich, polyphonic textures are often created by combining live music and electronics. Life and work Saariaho was born in Helsinki, Finland. She studied at the Sibelius Academy under Paavo Hein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |