Outi Tarkiainen (b. February 7, 1985) is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music. Tarkiainen grew up in Rovaniemi, the capital and commercial center of the Finnish Lapland region. She studied composition with Eero Hämeenniemi and Veli-Matti Puumala at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, with Ron Miller at the University of Miami, and with Malcolm Singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[1]
List of works
editOpera
edit- A Room of One's Own (2021)[2]
- Upcoming project with librettist Aleksi Barrière[3]
Orchestra
edit- Midnight Sun Variations (2019)[4]
- Songs of the Ice (2019)
- The Ring of Fire and Love (2020)
- Mosaics (2021)
- Polar Pearls (2023)
Concertante
edit- Saivo (2016) for soprano saxophone and orchestra
- Milky Ways (2022) for Cor anglais and orchestra[5]
Song cycles
edit- The Earth, Spring's Daughter (2015) - for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
- The Lustful Mother (2018) for baritone, piano, and string orchestra
Wind ensemble
edit- Joye (2017)
Chamber music
edit- Beaivi (2016)
- Siimes (2017)
- There is more light in this room when you are here (2018)
- They Walked Side by Side (2018)
- The Lustful Mother's Heart (2020)
- Without a Trace (2020)
- Woodland Fanfares (2021)
- Tenderness (2022)
- The Seasons of Love (2023)
References
edit- ^ Mellor, Andrew (2021). "Outi Tarkiainen (b. 1985)". Wise Music Group. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Vandevert, John (31 May 2023). "Q & A: Outi Tarkiainen and The Mission of Her Opera 'A Room of One's Own'". OperaWire. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Ooppera | Kovassa nosteessa oleva Outi Tarkiainen säveltää saamelaisaiheisen oopperan Keski-Eurooppaan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Beale, Robert (22 November 2019). "Eyck, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - theremin takes centre stage". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Kosman, Joshua (22 April 2023). "Review: S.F. Symphony's new concerto takes a tour into the cosmos". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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