Outi Tarkiainen
{{Short description|Finnish composer}}
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.{{cite web |last=Mellor |first=Andrew |year=2021 |title=Outi Tarkiainen (b. 1985) |publisher=Wise Music Group |url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/5026/Outi-Tarkiainen/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}
List of works
=Opera=
- A Room of One's Own (2021){{cite web |last=Vandevert |first=John |date=31 May 2023 |title=
Q & A: Outi Tarkiainen and The Mission of Her Opera 'A Room of One's Own' |work=OperaWire |url=https://operawire.com/q-a-outi-tarkiainen-and-the-mission-of-her-opera-a-room-of-ones-own/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}
- Upcoming project with librettist Aleksi Barrière{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=Ooppera {{!}} Kovassa nosteessa oleva Outi Tarkiainen säveltää saamelaisaiheisen oopperan Keski-Eurooppaan |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009512614.html |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}
=Orchestra=
- Midnight Sun Variations (2019){{cite web |last=Beale |first=Robert |date=22 November 2019 |title=Eyck, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - theremin takes centre stage |work=The Arts Desk |url=https://theartsdesk.com/classical-music/eyck-bbc-philharmonic-storg%C3%A5rds-bridgewater-hall-manchester-review-theremin-takes |access-date=16 July 2023}}
- 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{{cite web |last=Kosman |first=Joshua |date=22 April 2023 |title=Review: S.F. Symphony's new concerto takes a tour into the cosmos |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/classical/sf-symphony-outi-tarkiainen-milky-ways-17888918 |access-date=16 July 2023}}
=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)
References
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External links
[https://www.outitarkiainen.fi/en/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century Finnish composers
Category:Finnish women classical composers
Category:People from Rovaniemi
Category:Sibelius Academy alumni
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