Kaija Anneli Saariaho (Finnish: [ˈkɑi̯jɑ ˈsɑːriɑho]; née Laakkonen; 14 October 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France.

Jun 2, 2023 · Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, an artist who offered a dazzling palette of colors in her music, died from complications of brain cancer Friday at her home in Paris. Her death was confirmed in a...

Jun 2, 2023 · Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, considered to be an innovator in classical music, has died aged 70. Her family said she had been diagnosed in 2021 with an aggressive form of brain cancer...

Jun 2, 2023 · Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who was brought up in the male-dominated world of high modernism and who forged an artistic identity wholly her own as she rose to the top ranks of contemporary...

Jun 2, 2023 · The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho passed away peacefully at home in Paris this morning, her publisher has announced. She was 70 years old and had been suffering from a debilitating illness that...

Jun 2, 2023 · Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, considered to be an innovator in classical music, has died aged 70. Her family said she had been diagnosed in 2021 with an aggressive form of brain cancer and...

On June 2, 2023, Kaija Saariaho passed away at the age of 70. The composer’s family released a statement in which they noted that Saariaho passed away in the morning in Paris. The statement also said that Saariaho was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer in February 2021 that was seen as incurable and lethal.

Kaija Anneli Saariaho (o.s. Laakkonen; 14. lokakuuta 1952 Helsinki – 2. kesäkuuta 2023 Pariisi, Ranska [1]) oli suomalainen säveltäjä, joka sävelsi vokaalimusiikkia, kuusi oopperaa, kamarimusiikkia ja suuria teoksia sinfoniaorkesterille sekä niiden ohessa elektronisesti tuotettuja tai muokattuja ääniä. Hän sai useita merkittäviä ...

Jun 6, 2023 · Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who saw music as shades of color, died June 2 of glioblastoma cancer in Paris at the age of 70.

Jun 5, 2023 · Saariaho was diagnosed with glioblastoma in early 2021, and died in Paris on June 2nd 2023. She is survived by her husband Jean-Baptiste Barrière – a composer, multimedia artist and computer scientist – and their two children, Aliisa Niege and Aleksi.