After her studies in Paris, the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho chose the path of spectralism. Saariaho charted her own course with music moving on the verge between silence and fragility, with sounds like glass splinters and harmonies sounding as if scraped from ice. Her utterly personal and intuitive music language took definite shape in large-scale orchestral works and operas. Her most poetic output, however, is her chamber music. From Saariaho’s rich repertoire, Het Collectief will be making a magnificent anthology for soprano, flute, cello, piano and electronics. An excellent opportunity to discover the work of this ‘grande dame’ of contemporary music.
In the meantime, this concert has unfortunately become an 'in memoriam': Kaija Saariaho died in June at the age of 70.
After De Bijloke Ghent and Le Senghor Brussels, we are now heading to Konzerthaus Wien (A).