Saariaho awarded 2008 Nemmers Prize

Northwestern University just announced that Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) has won this year's Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, which carries an award of $100,000, and a performance of one of her works by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2009-2010. 

For listeners inclined toward contemporary choral music, here's a fine sample: Der Frühling, one of the four parts of Tag des Jahrs (Day of the Years), written in 2001 for mixed choir and electronics, performed by The Crossing.

[Photo by Maarit Kytöharju/Fimic, Finnish Music Information Centre]

Comments

[Henry Holland]

"a performance of one of her works by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2009-2010"

Oh please please please please please, how about a concert version of the incredible "L'amour de Loin"?

Please, CSO?

[Bruce Hodges]

Wouldn't that be great, Henry! I'd travel for that one...