2019
January 2 – 8, 2019 USA New York: The 38th Parallel Workshop and Preview at Steifel Hall, the New School
March 15 – 16, 2019 ABU DHABI New York Universitay at Abu Dhabi: conference and concerts on 20thcentury performance practices
April 8 – 14, 2019 HUNGARY Budapest: residency at the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundations during the Saariaho course
May 2 – 8, 12 – 14, 2019 FRANCE: Rehearsals Ensemble Charpy
May 14, 2019 FRANCE Marseilles: World Premiere of Pierre-Adrien Charpy „Le doux parfum des temps à venir“ in l’abbaye St-Victor tacles/
June 19 – 23, 2019 IRELAND Dundalk: Louth Contemporary Music Festival, Solo and Chamber Music of Kaija Saariaho
July 2 – 8, 2019 FINLAND Viitasaari Time of Music Festival
Debut concerts of WAVE DASH, flute & percussion duo with Magdalena Meitzner
World premieres of music by Christoher Elgh, Anne LeBaron and Lisa Streich
August 31, 2019 SWEDEN Katrinenenholm, Music House 4pm
September 14 SWEDEN Helsingborg Kulturhus 3:30 p.m.
October 5, 2019 USA New York City, New School 7 p.m. The Art of Change Opera Prelude
Chiara Bottici (philosopher, librettist), Jean-Baptiste Barrière (composer, multimedia artist), Camilla Hoitenga (flutist), Thomas Goepfer (sound & video designer)
November 20, 2019 HUNGARY, Budapest Fészek Művészklub 8 p.m.
Recital with Attila Jeszenszky-Böhm piano. World Premieres of music by Attila Jeszenszky-Böhm, Pèter Köszeghy and Esteban Ariel D’Antona
November 26, 2019 HUNGARY Budapest: world premiere of Alex Nante‘s Concerto for flute, with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Su-Han Yang conducting
Alex Nante, Concerto for flute “De luz y sueño”
Posted by Durand Salabert Eschig on 29 August 2019:
“It is in the city of Liszt, another cosmopolitan, and more precisely in his prestigious academy in Budapest, that Alex Nante, a native of Buenos Aires but at home in the capitals of Europe, will premiere on 26 November his flute concerto for Camilla Hoitenga, De luz y sueno. An event under the auspices of the unique Peter Eötvös and his Mentoring Program :
2018:
January 5, 2018 – Paris: Tribute to Jean-Baptiste Barriere (https://music.columbia.edu/events/tribute-to-jean-baptiste-barriere)
(Crossing the Blind Forest, Solo for bass flute/piccolo with live electronics and video)
January 23, 25, 27 // February 1,4,7, 2018 – Paris: Reprise of the Kaija Saariaho opera „Only the Sound Remains“ at the Garnier, Peter Sellars directing (https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-17-18/opera/only-the-sound-remains) featuring Philippe Jaroussky (Counter Tenor) und Davóne Tines (Baritone) and Nora Kimball (dancer) on stage, and a LOT of flute (and kantele, string quartet, percussion and chor) in the (visible) pit.
February 13 – March 1, 2018 – USA: tour with Stockhausen POLES & Manion Memorial with Taaiv Kerikmäe, Serge synthesizer/piano
USA – TOUR:
February 16, 2018 – St.Cloud, MN POLES
Camilla Hoitenga (USA/D): flutes (piccolo, C, alto, and bass)
Taavi Kerikmäe (EST): SERGE modular synthesizer
Kyle Yotter (USA): sound diffusion
Edgar Languren (USA): sound diffusion
February 17, 2018 – St.Paul, MN Studio Z POLES
This Strange Fine Tuning of the Universe
Camilla Hoitenga (USA/D): flutes (piccolo, C, alto, and bass)
Taavi Kerikmäe (EST): SERGE modular synthesizer
Kyle Yotter (USA): sound diffusion
Edgar Languren (USA): sound diffusion
Scott L. Miller (USA): Kyma
February 20, 2018 – Dekalb, IL Northern Illinois University concert
10-10:50 Deciphering Graphic Scores (Taavi)
11-11:50 Interpretation for Woodwinds (Camilla)
8 p.m. Concert: Stockhausen AMOUR/POLES
Camilla Hoitenga, flutes and radio, Taavi Kerikmäe, synthesizer and shortwave radio, Phillip Sink, live sound diffusion
February 21, 2018 – Allendale, MI Grand Valley State University, 3-4pm flute seminar, 4-5pm composers workshop
February 22, 2018 – Allendale, MI Grand Valley State University, 7:30 concert Spectral Reflections, with Taavi Kerikmäe, piano
February 26, 2018 – Elmhurst, Illinois, Flute master class with students of Jennie Oh Brown
February 27, 2018 – Urbana, Il, University of Illinois, 4 -5:20 Composers Forum
March 10, 2018 — Karlsruhe, Germany Stockhausen zum 90.
POLE with Taavi Kerikmäe, synthesizer & Francisco Colasanto, sound diffusion.
March 24 – 29, 2018, concert March 28 – Kuopio, Finland: Rochus Flute Ensemble as guest in the Kuopio Conservatory
FRANCE:
March 31 – April 1, 2018 – Marseilles: Recording visual concerts of Barrière & Saariaho
April 12, 2018 – Nantes: Visual concert with Raphaele Kennedy, soprano
April 13, 15, 2018 – Angers: Saariaho Concerto „Aile du songe“ , Clement Mao-Takacs, conducting
April 17, 18, 2018 – Nantes: Saariaho Concerto „Aile du songe“ , Clement Mao-Takacs, conducting (April 17, 18)
With music by CPE Bach, G.A. Schneider, G. Kröll, M Lorca and Fernando Cerqueira
June 24, 2018 – JAPAN Kyoto: Akira KOBAYASHI Flute concerto at Clumusica Festival (June 24)
July 28 – 31, 2018 — PORTUGAL, Aveiro: Flute: Hands on Research 2018 (Keynote Speaker, Lecture/Recital)
http://artisticresearch.web.ua.pt/index.php/en/2018/07/26/flute-hands-on-research-2018-programme
Keynote Speaker on Contemporary Performance Practice with music of Varèse, Debussy, Stockhausen, Saariaho, Kobayashi, Hakenberg…
October 23, 26, 29, 31, 2018 SPAIN Madrid: Reprise of Only the Sound Remains
November 5, 7, 9, 2018 SPAIN Madrid: Reprise of Only the Sound Remains
November 12 USA New York: With Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines
Music Mondays https://www.musicmondays.org/
Suite from the 38th Parallel, music by Jean-Baptiste Barrière, plus music by Kaija Saariaho.
November 17, 18 USA New York: Reprise of Only the Sound Remains http://www.lincolncenter.org/show/only-the-sound-remains-1
November 25, 2018 GREAT BRITAIN Huddersfield: https://hcmf.co.uk/
December 2018 USA North Carolina: Residency in Sylva
October 1 – 6, 2018 HUNGARY Budapest: Master Classes & Concert at the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation http://eotvosmusicfoundation.org/?node=events&id=107
2017:
February 11, 2017 — Paris, France Présences 2017 Rencontre avec Kaija Saariaho with Eija Kankaanranta, kantele
February 18, 2017 — Paris, France Présences 2017 Kaija Saariaho: World premiere of Light Still and Moving for flute and kantele, plus Terrestre and Sombre, with Davóne Tines, baryton; Eija Kankaanranta, kantele; Xavier de Maistre, harpe; Lyodoh Kaneko, violon; Oana Marchand, violoncelle; Florentin Ginot, contrebasse;Florent Jodelet, percussions
March 26, 2017 — Geneva, Switzerland (tba)
April 12, 15, 22, 27, 29 — Helsinki, Finland Opera Only the Sound Remains
May 4, 2017 — Cologne, Germany Kunst-Station St. Peter Solo Concert: Language, Voice and Music
May 6, 2017 – Prague, Czech Republic EchoFlux Festival Solo concert
May 27, 2017 — Cologne, Germany Bios–Inn FlötenTag mit 1. F(löten) C(hor) Rochus & Flautonos (Kuopio, FI)
June 21, 2017 — Cologne, Germany Romanischer Sommer Music for Flute and Kantele with Eija Kankaanranta
July 9, 2017 — Hong Kong World Harp Congress Duos by Sandred & Saariaho with Héloïse Dautry
October 13-14, 2017 — Minneapolis, MN The Curious Way: Graphic Scores 1977-2017 by David Means
November 11 & 14, 2017 — Helsinki, Finland Duo concerts with Eija Kankaanranta
2016:
January 17 – February 6, 2016 Residency at CMMAS, Morelia, Mexico with Taavi Kerikmäe, modular (Serge) synthesizer
January 29, 2016 presentation of music of TULVE, HOITENGA/KERIKMÄE, STOCKHAUSEN
February 13 – 14, 2016 Tallin, Estonia HELIjaKEEL Musik of SAARIAHO, PÄRT, REINVERE, TULVE
February 20. 2016 Münster, Germany Festival KLANGZEIT Premieres of music by SANCHEZ-VERDÚ, MITTMANN
March 15, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 2016 Amsterdam, NL National Opera and Ballet New opera by KAIJA SAARIAHO “Only the Sound Remains”
May 20, 2016 Schwetzingen, Germany Schwetzinger Festspiele Portrait KAIJA SAARIAHO
June 10 – 14, 2016 Ojai, CA OJAI FESTIVAL, Peter Sellars director
June 26 – August 2, 2016 Bāstad, Sweden Båstad Kammarmusik Music by HINDEMTIH, CASTELNUEVO-TEDESCO, STAERN, SCHULHOFF, SAARIAHO, KURTAG…
August 5, 2016 Aspen, CO Aspen Music Festival — Concerto with Robert Spano conducting the Aspen Chamber Symphony
SAARIAHO–Aile du songe
September 28, 2016 Klaipeda, Lithuania MUSIC OF CHANGES CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Music for flutes, flute and electronics, flute and percussion with NORBERT KRÄMER, Percussion
by BROENING, SVOBODA, OBERMUELLER, SAARIAHO, CHAMBERS, BOHN, KANNO, NARVILAITÉ, NAKAMURA
Octoboer 1, 2016 St. Michael, Köln ART & AMEN Music for flutes in the presence of paintings by MUTSUMI OKADA
October 27 – 30, 2016 Recife, Brazil Virtuosi Program T.B.A.
November 15, 2016 Stadgarten, Köln REIHE M Portrait MICHAEL MANION (1952 – 2012) Camilla Hoitenga, flutes, Taavi Kerikmäe, Serge Synthesizer, Piano
December 10 – 11 2016 Montpellier, France Conservatory Master Classes & Concert with TRIO DAUTRY, Héloïse Dautry, Harp, Antoine Dautry, viola Program includes World Premiere of ANDREAS WAGNER’s Wüstenfarbe for Flute, Harp & Viola
December 26, 2016 Rochus-Kirche, Köln W.A. MOZART Missa in d-Moll“ KV 65 „Ave verum“, Ch. STANFORD „O be joyful“
2015 FALL TOUR USA:
OCT 6 Buffalo
https://bpo.org/tickets-and-events/events/event:a-kaija-saariaho-portrait-concert/
OCT 15 Seattle 8:00 p.m.
http://www.cornish.edu/calendar/event/cornish_presents_camilla_hoitenga_and_jean_baptiste_barriere/
OCT 22 Albuquerque
Master class
OCT 28 Berkeley 12:15 p.m.
https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/music.html
OCT 28 Berkeley 8:00 p.m.
http://arts.berkeley.edu/?p=2976
OCT 29 Stanford
Concert
NOV 3 San Diego 7:00 p.m.
http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/concerts/
NOV 7 UCLA 8:00 p.m.
http://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/kaija_saariaho
NOV 8 UCLA 7:00 p.m.
http://arts.ucla.edu/calendar/2015/11/08/beyond-music-jean-baptiste-barriere-a-visual-concert/
NOV 14 Louisville
http://louisville.edu/music/NewMusicFestival
NOV 19 AL AIN, EMIRATES –Recital, East meets West
2014
November 28, 8 p.m. Morelia, Mexico & November 29, Mexico City Bellas Artes
Kaija Saariaho concerto Aile du songe with the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra
November 20, 8 p.m. New York City: Scandinavian House, Concert & Readings
Event for the launching of Volume 5 of the journal Music & Literature, featuring composer Kaija Saariaho and writers Stig Sæterbakken and Can Xue.
November 10, 5 p.m. Allendale: Grand Valley State University Performing Arts Center, Masterclass
Performances by students of Vasks Landscape with Birds, Varèse Density 21.5, Takemitsu Itinerant, Berio Sequenza, Messaien Merle Noir, Clarke Zoom Tube, plus tips for composers
November 9, 4 p.m. Allendale: Grand Valley State University Performing Arts Center, Solo Recital
Zack Browning Network Slammer, Yasutaki Inamori Mumbling Flute (US premiere), Kaija Saairaho Dolce Tormento, J.S.Bach/Sciarrino Toccata & Fugue in d minor, KenIchiro Kobayashi Taku, Hilda Paredes Chaczidzib, Benjamin Broening Twilight Shift
November 7, Grand Rapids: Crowe Horwath Great Eras Series
CPE Bach – d minor concerto, with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, John Varineau, cond.
Grand Rapids, Michigan The Classical Concert
September 22 – 28, Trondheim: Trondheim Chamber Music Festival
The Solo and Chamber Music of Kaija Saariaho with workshops , including the Norwegian premiere of SOMBRE
Trondheim, Norway Trondheim Chamber Music Festival
August 24, Palamuse: Festival
Kobayashi, Raimo Kangro, Helena Tulve (world premiere of “sinna otsima teed tagasi” for mezzo soprano, flute (alto & bass flutes) and string quartet
Palamuse, Estonia, Festival
August 9, Chicago: Soundscapes
The Solo Music of Kaija Saariaho: Laconisme de l’aile (flute), Couleurs du vent (alto flute), Dolce Tormento (piccolo)
Chicago, Illinois, National Flute Association convention
July 3, Berlin: Finnissage, Wechselspiel
Kobayashi, Stockhausen, improvisations
Berlin, Germany, Galerie Claudia Delank
June 28, Lübeck: Spectral Reflections
Messiaen, Debussy, Saariaho (Premiere), Murail, Tulve (German premiere)
with Taavi Kerikmaee, piano
Lübeck, Germany, Kolosseum
April 15 – Master Class
Host, Clarence Barlow
Santa Barbara, CA University of Southern California
April 14 – Master Class
Host, Anne LeBaron and Rachel Rudich
Los Angeles, CA Mills College
April 12-13, Los Angeles: Anne LeBaron, Portrait Concerts
Anne LeBaron: Sachamam for alto flute and recorded sound
Transfiguration for soprano (Lucy Shelton), flute, harp, percussion
Los Angeles, California, Redcat Theatre in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex
April 5, Ittevoort: Adams International Flute Festival 2014
Copland, Foss, Barber, Schoenfeld, Burton
with Cordula Hacke (piano)
Ittevoort, NL, Adams European Flutecentre
April 4 – 6, Ittevoort: Master Class and Workshop
Host, Peter Swinkels
Ittevoort, NL, Adams European Flutecentre
April, 2, Klaipèda: Concert with C.Ph.E. Bach and Dorman
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Konzert in d-moll
Avner Dorman: Piccolo Concerto
with St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatus Katkus, conductor
March 29 – Lyon: Jardin des songes
Multimedia installation and concert
Concept and composition, Jean-Baptiste Barriere
Lyon (France), Musées Gadagne, March 29, 2014, 5 and 6 p.m.
February 14 – Clermont Ferrand: Music for the Rothko Chapel
Saariaho: Dolce Tormento for piccolo solo / Tocar for flute and harpn (French Premiere) / Sombre for solo bass flute, baritone, harp, percussion and contrabass (French Premiere)
Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques for flute and harp
together with Heloïse Dautry, harp, and Sombre Ensemble
Clermont-Ferrand (France), Opéra-théâtre, 8:30 p.m.
January 26 – Cologne: Filmfrühstück at Maternushaus
Fauré, Massanet, Bizet, Martin, Hüe
January 25 – Cologne: Private Soirée
Schubert, Bach, Kobayashi, Inamori Yasutaki, Frank Martin, Hüe
with Iris von Zahn, piano
January 22 – Siegen: Bridges Of Sound – Klangbrücken
Carter, Platz, van Buren, Herchenroeder (Premiere)
Siegen, Germany Apollo Theater
2014
(20 October – subbing as 1st flute in the SWR Sinfonieorchester for the closing concert in Donaueschingen Music Days, music by Mantovani, Posadas, Manoury)
7 – 14 November 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia (World Music Days)
Kaija Saariaho – Aile du songe (with Slovak Philharmonic)
– Sombre (with Quasar)
30 November 2013 Rochuskirche, Cologne, Germany
Wilfried Kaets music to “King of Kings”
1 December Black Box, cuba-cultur, Munster, Germany
Improv concert with pianist Taavi Kerikmaee
Past:
7 July 2013 Savonlinna, Finland
excerpts from Telemann’s Suite in A minor (with the summer camp senior orchestra)
14 – 27 July 2013 Kuhmo Festival, Finland
Chamber music by Mozart, Prokofiev, Bach, Bizet, Saariaho, Ravel, Respighi, Beethoven…
23 August 2013 Baltic Sea Festival, Stockholm
Kaija Saariaho – SOMBRE for bass flute, voice, percussion, harp and double bass (European Premiere)
6 September 2013 Haus Bertelsmann, Worpswede, Germany
Kaija Saariaho « Couleurs du vent »
Portraitkonzert der finnischen Komponistin und
Malerin Kaija Saariaho zum 60. Geburtstag.
Camilla Hoitenga (Flöten)
Friedrich Gauwerky (Violoncello)
Kaija Saariaho:
“Mirrors” für Flöte. Violoncello, 1997 (1.Fassung)
“Couleurs du vent” für Flöte Solo, 1998
Klaus Huber :
“Ein Hauch von Unzeit“ für Flöte und Violoncello, 1972
“Transpositio ad infinitum” für Violoncello solo, 1976
Kaija Saariaho:
“Mirrors” Flöte und Violoncello, 1997 (2.Fassung)
“Dolce tormento” für Piccolo Flöte, 2004
“Petals” für Violoncello solo, 1988
“Mirrors” für Flöte und Violoncello, 1997 (3. Fassung)