Outi Tarkiainen Explained

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

Opera

A Room of One's Own (2021)^[2]
Upcoming project with librettist Aleksi Barrière^[3]

Orchestra

Midnight Sun Variations (2019)^[4]
Songs of the Ice (2019)
The Ring of Fire and Love (2020)
Mosaics (2021)
Polar Pearls (2023)

Concertante

Saivo (2016) for soprano saxophone and orchestra
Milky Ways (2022) for Cor anglais and orchestra^[5]

Song cycles

The Earth, Spring's Daughter (2015) - for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
The Lustful Mother (2018) for baritone, piano, and string orchestra

Wind ensemble

Joye (2017)

Chamber music

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)

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Mellor . Andrew . 2021 . Outi Tarkiainen (b. 1985) . . 16 July 2023.
Web site: Vandevert . John . 31 May 2023 . Q & A: Outi Tarkiainen and The Mission of Her Opera 'A Room of One's Own' . OperaWire . 16 July 2023.
Web site: 2023-04-14 . Ooppera Kovassa nosteessa oleva Outi Tarkiainen säveltää saamelaisaiheisen oopperan Keski-Eurooppaan . 2023-08-12 . Helsingin Sanomat . fi.
Web site: Beale . Robert . 22 November 2019 . Eyck, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - theremin takes centre stage . . 16 July 2023.
Web site: Kosman . Joshua . 22 April 2023 . Review: S.F. Symphony's new concerto takes a tour into the cosmos . . 16 July 2023.