Septermber 12, 2021 Bielefeld, Germany Trio Ariel (with Anne-May Krüger, Mezzo-Soprano and Héloīse Dautry, harp) in the Zionskirche series https://www.zionsgemeinde-bethel.de/kirchenmusik/konzerte/konzerte-in-der-zionskirche.html
September 18, 2021 Saariaho opera ONLY THE SOUND REMAINS, Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy https://operawire.com/kaija-saariaho-headlines-venice-music-biennale-2021/
August 19 Helsinki, Amos Rex https://amosrex.fi/en/ekstasis-concert/
August 20, 21 Tampere, G-Lab Live https://www.glivelab.fi/tampere/events/kaija-saariaho-ja-jean-baptiste-barriere-ekstasis-5eba397d56c6e20017c3ce30/
Visual Concert "Ekstasis" solos with live electronic and video by Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière, with Raphaële Kennedy (soprano) and Aliisa Barrière (violin)
What's been happening in 2021 so far (my web support is on vacation and the Calendar page is a mystery to me!)
The first concerts began in June -- in Tokyo, JAPAN after a two-week quarantine.
June 1: Workshop "Soundscapes of Kaija Saariaho" Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall , Japan https://www.t-bunka.jp/en/stage/10256/
June 6: New Production of opera ONLY THE SOUND REMAINS by Kaija Saariaho
https://www.t-bunka.jp/en/stage/9159/
June 21 - 22: I was honored to be asked again to adjudicate the final recitals of the flute students at Ecole Normal de Musique: Here are most of the candidates waiting to speak with me personally.
June 21 - July 16: Flute Expansions Sonic Immersion -- an intensive course for flutists to go deeply into the world of contemporary flute-playing and interpretation, together with Shanna Gutierrez (USA) (organizer), Matthias Ziegler (CH), Anne LaBerge (USA/NL), Melody Chua (USA/CH), Carla Rees (GB), Jane Rigler (USA), and Eric Lamb (USA/AUT) https://www.flutexpansions.com/
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE
July 1: "Light Still and Moving" and "Sombre" with Kantele (Eija Kankaanranta) in concert in Festival d'Aix, France https://festival-aix.com/en/event/kaija-saariaho-quatuor-meta4
FRONTIGNAN, FRANCE
July 4 - 14: Rehearsals with harpist Héloïse Dautry on a new piece by Christophe de Coudenhove
And now I have a break before the next concerts in Finland!
