Our final concert of the Voices Festival is dedicated to the music of the late Kaija Saariaho, one of contemporary music's most extraordinary and original voices, with works rarely heard in Southern California, including Quatre Instantes and Leino Songs for voice and piano, instrumental works Folia and Ciel Etoile and more.    

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A Tribute to Kaija Saariaho

University of California San Diego

An hour long opera for voices and piano that only uses four pitches, and is full of variety, expression and hilarious to boot - too good to be true, right?  Not at all!  Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera  has been an underground favorite since its premiere in 1972.  Supremely well-crafted for the vocalists and written in the minimalist style,  Johnson’s tale is a joyous and bouyant look at idosyncracies (!) of beloved genre of opera, as well as  the charming foibles of those who perform it.  

Kyle Adam Blair

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May 3, 2024

A Tribute to Kaija Saariaho · University of California, San Diego Department of Music

26 - 29 Apr, 2023

kallisti presents The Four Note Opera · University of California, San Diego Department of Music

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