Kaija Saariaho’s works: interviews & documentaries playlist (non exhaustive)

To respond to numerous requests, we are making an inventory of video and audio recordings of Kaija’s works freely accessible on Internet, which we will update regularly.

Here is a selection of interviews and documentaries.

See also the video recordings playlist: www.petals.org/Saariaho/Video-playlist.html

and the audio recordings playlist: www.petals.org/Saariaho/Audio-playlist.html

- YLE (Finnish Radio & Television) selection of Saariaho documentation

(documentaries mostly in Finnish & concerts): areena.yle.fi/tv/ohjelmat/30-3813

I. KAIJA SPEAKING

KAIJA’S LAST INTERVIEWS

- by James Jolly for Musicmakers (Medici.tv, recorded on August 10, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=WMcRl4gl9bc

- by Dominique Theise for Femmes4Music (ZKM, recorded in November 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=sUxTiIo5MNA

- by Matthew Shilvock about Innocence (San Francisco Opera, recorded on January 26, 2023): youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ25Yiy0HM

- double interview with Kožená about Innocence (Festival d’Aix en Provence 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5EvXrW6UA

- Saariaho & A. Barrière: "Music & Dramaturgy in a multilingual world" (Gerstein, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=th74OgPOq3o

THE LAST LECTURE [in French]

- Composer un opéra au XXIᵉ siècle, with Aleksi Barrière (Institut de France, 2023): youtube.com/watch?v=yAZFOzCd6Y8

See also the corrected transcript: aleksibarriere.org/2023/01/30/la-part-du-reve-lopera-entre-choralite-et-poesie/

ABOUT ”BETWEEN” (2022)

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAyXJ3_UcR3NHLPGm1RcTIZiq0b5R_1Sk

ABOUT “INNOCENCE” (2021)

Saariaho with Oksanen & A. Barrière

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/innocence-how-did-the-project-begin/

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/innocence-what-was-new-in-this-opera-for-us/

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/innocence-about-the-finnish-language/

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/innocence-working-across-generations/

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/innocence-what-to-do-for-creative-blocks/

- oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/article/on-the-other-side-of-violence/

- Innocence Symposium with Saariaho, Oksanen & Barrière (Finnish National Opera, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=3yIP1g7qWbQ

ABOUT “RECONNAISSANCE“ (2021)

Saariaho with A. Barrière (Centre de Ressources dédié à l’art choral): youtube.com/watch?v=FDKWVTLJ5KY

ABOUT ”VISTA” (2021)

with Mälkki for the Lucerne Festival 2022: youtube.com/watch?v=_63IQNP0oqs

ABOUT THE HELSINKI MUSIC CENTER’S NEW ORGAN (2022)

- Saariaho & Lehtola present the organ: youtube.com/watch?v=xIEmakZpzfU

- Saariaho & Lehtola discuss technical characteristics of the new organ: youtube.com/watch?v=n6v85tn7RV4

OTHER INTERVIEWS FROM THE PAST 15 YEARS

- La Passion de Simone (Musiikkitalo, 2022) [in Finnish]: youtube.com/watch?v=ENCHon61Jik

- At the Royal Swedish Opera around La Passion de Simone (OperaVision, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=JqI3ka7-AaE

-  by Petroc Tralawny about Beethoven (European Broadcasting Union, 2020): youtube.com/watch?v=qNt40UV7K-c

- by Tom Welsh, Behind the Beat (Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020): youtube.com/watch?v=ktkERhsw_ns

- by Fazekas for mustMEET (Budapest Music Center, 2019): youtube.com/watch?v=a8avdJCVUZU

- Tampere Festival (Tampereen kaupunginkirjasto, 2019) [in Finnish]: youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5EvXrW6UA

- Salonen & Saariaho about Maan Varjot (Philharmonica Orchestra, 2019): youtube.com/watch?v=p4lfQy-ImhY

- Around Only the Sound Remains (Octave, Opéra National de Paris, 2018): youtube.com/watch?v=DrubvKKEqsM

- Saariaho & Jaroussky: Only the Sound Remains (Warner Classics, 2017): youtube.com/watch?v=8sR0J_YXRws

- Only the Sound Remains and Japanese Tradition (Teatro Real, 2018):  youtube.com/watch?v=CYtNueas3YI

- Rencontres Utopik (Primavista, 2018): vimeo.com/292272940

- Festival Présences (Radio France, 2017): youtube.com/watch?v=VJ54MWJN18w&t=4s

- by Berenguer for Festival Présences (Radio France, 2017): dailymotion.com/video/x5aj3r9

- by Gelb About L’Amour de loin (Metropolitan Opera, 2016):

- metopera.org/discover/video/?videoName=lamour-de-loin-discussion-with-kaija-saariaho&videoId=6154666690001

- by Karchin about Leino Songs (League of Composers/ISCM, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=0h1_rrFaZM4

- Gidest Seminar: Composing Opera Today (The New School, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=lqmZcVYlzg4

- On Dutilleux (#Dutilleux2016): youtube.com/watch?v=QRC-RrzoPhc

- by Seter (University of Louisville, 2015): .youtube.com/watch?v=Qmg7Qyhwxr0

- Domaine Privé (Cité de la musique, 2013) : youtube.com/watch?v=mKSx8ClYJaE

- Rencontre Saariaho (Qobuz, 2013): youtube.com/watch?v=_IdE6jOaM28

- MITO Festival (SettembreMusica, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=6_roQkr0-TY

- before her 60th birthday (Yle, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=0Rv7jBMw3Io

- On From the Grammar of Dreams (Carnegie Hall, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=-RAF7tQJSP8

- Composing Using a Computer in the Past (Carnegie Hall, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=nKlcC4YrrY0

- Composing Using a Computer Today (Carnegie Hall, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=pP6BYRjHxgw

- On the Role of Nature in Her Work (Carnegie Hall, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=pEmSVqegTi4

- at the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM CMM, 2009): vimeo.com/7412192

- Mini portrait (Harmaa Media, 2008): youtube.com/watch?v=mI4LQK9QBCc

SAARIAHO & KARTTUNEN CARNEGIE HALL WORKSHOP 2012

- Introduction:

youtube.com/watch?v=OS7FcOBzlmY&list=PL3aR3IWihrh6fQRyzmIQOuJD9iRSvPhYu&index=1

- Extended Techniques for Strings:

youtube.com/watch?v=T32QIOAxrlo&list=PL3aR3IWihrh6fQRyzmIQOuJD9iRSvPhYu&index=2

- Expressing Personality in New Works:

youtube.com/watch?v=FRp5nAP5P1s&list=PL3aR3IWihrh6fQRyzmIQOuJD9iRSvPhYu&index=3

- Performing with Electronic:

youtube.com/watch?v=4RxXcQAGWWM&list=PL3aR3IWihrh6fQRyzmIQOuJD9iRSvPhYu&index=4

- The Composer/Performer Relationship:

youtube.com/watch?v=yOAmpg_g6oU&list=PL3aR3IWihrh6fQRyzmIQOuJD9iRSvPhYu&index=5

II. DOCUMENTARIES

- « Écoute », 3 Excerpts with Saariaho (Sebestik, Grange, 1992): I vimeo.com/433299411 II vimeo.com/433299543 III vimeo.com/433299692

- “The Birth of Adriana Mater” (Nygren, Oftedal, Kiviniemi, Bentley, Yle 2006): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAyXJ3_UcR3NaFCbRdRhnVSepHZYs3Ni7

NEWS FEATURES

- for Festival Présences (TV5 Monde, 2017): youtube.com/watch?v=57uQHskOwV0

- Innocence at Festival d'Aix (Euronews, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=Kkxhqa-y8So

III. OTHER SPEAKERS ABOUT KAIJA’S WORKS

ANSSI KARTTUNEN ABOUT “PETALS”

- Karttunen Discusses Petals & Saariaho (Le portail du violoncelle contemporain): youtube.com/watch?v=ULEJHF2xbhw

- A Lesson with Karttunen on Petals (Le portail du violoncelle contemporain): youtube.com/watch?v=DM8S9gwIvZ4

PETER SELLARS ABOUT SAARIAHO’S OPERAS

- Sellars & Tarnopolsky (CalPerformances, 2016): 

youtube.com/watch?v=Q2yS_7Di-es

- Sellars on Only the Sound Remains (Dutch National Opera, 2016): 

youtube.com/watch?v=oonN06GkIhY

- Sellars on Only the Sound Remains (Teatro Real, 2018): youtube.com/watch?v=c6Lc44GqWT8

- Ojai Talks with Peter Sellars (Ojai, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=PAKInH6Wpsw

- Sellars on La Passion de Simone (Ojai, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=To4Ent0XBOA&t=6s

- Sellars on his new staging of Adriana Mater at San Francisco (SFSymphony, 2023): 

instagram.com/reel/CtR7ndzMOD6/

- Latry on Maan Varjot: www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/video/det-ar-en-absolut-superkraft/

- Stone on Innocence (Festival d’Aix en Provence, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=cTcepJr3Jms

- Lepage on L’Amour de loin (Metropolitan Opera, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=LCTbTJz0XVs

- Bullock on La Passion de Simone (Ojai Festival, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=vi38lxufWqs

- Jaroussky on Only the Sound Remains (Opera National de Paris, 2018): youtube.com/watch?v=XTFJIdATB74

-  von Otter on La Passion de Simone (Royal Swedish Opera, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=vlsgHMIp7hY

- Ellison: L'Amour de Loin at the Met, a landmark achievement by a woman composer (Womansphil, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=2L1M0S30q1w

- Presentation of Innocence by A. Barrière (Festival d’Aix, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=6HBHOQAoVCg

- L’Amour de loin, a lecture by Csonka Comstock (2018): vimeo.com/284861218

- Biennale Musica 2021 - Day 1 (Biennale de Venzia, 2021) : youtube.com/watch?v=_VMXonZUSKM

- Saariaho 70 tributes (Musiikkitalo, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=PG3dQEYUHec