14 Mar 2006

At ease with a darker vision of the world

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/90b855f2-b2b7-11da-ab3e-0000779e2340.html

saariaho_small.gifBy Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times, 13 March 2006]

Spot the composer. A shock of red hair, ethereal pallor, willowy fragility, fierce reticence: Kaija Saariaho is instantly identifiable amid the bustle of a busy orchestral rehearsal.