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Kaija Saariaho: 11 Essential Works
This poetic composer, who died on Friday, wrote indelible, simmering operas, concertos, orchestral explosions, choral meditations and solos.
Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70
She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met.
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Review: Julia Wolfe’s ‘unEarth’ Is Crowded Out by Multimedia
Not for the first time this season at the New York Philharmonic, a premiere was muddled by obvious, sometimes intrusive video art.
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The North to Shore Festival Comes to New Jersey
A new arts festival featuring local and marquee-name talent is coming to the Garden State.