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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