Outi Tarkiainen

The Saxophone Concerto Saivo paints a musical portrait of a saxophonist of a new kind. The word 'saivo' originates from the ancient Sami beliefs meaning a two-bottomed lake, where under a lake dwells...

Outi Tarkiainens Joye for Sinfonietta (2017). Programme Note by the composer:Joye is a miniature or an orchestral fanfare, essentially brightthroughout and aphoristically pithy. The title alludes to t...

Without A Trace (2020) by Outi Tarkiainen composed for piano solo

Tenderness is a study in sound. Though imperceptible, immaterial and ephemeral, tenderness provides sustenance for all humankind. We all need tenderness - yet many never receive it. Alternating in the...

Siimes for Wind Quintet by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen (2017). Programme note: Siimes is my second wind quintet and is based on the saxophone concerto Saivo. The title of the work suggests an all...

Siimes for Wind Quintet by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen (2017). Programme note: Siimes is my second wind quintet and is based on the saxophone concerto Saivo. The title of the work suggests an all...

Beaivi is inspired by the Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää's poem 'When that time approaches', where the first encounter with light after the lengthy polar night is described with exceptional significan...

Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra Sami title: Eanan, gida nieida Text in english and sami

A work for orchestra co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada and first performed by BBC Philharmonic conducted by John Storgårds on 4 August 2019 at the Royal A...

Outi Tarkiainen 's Saivo - Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Effects and Orchestra (2016). The work was commissioned by Tapiola Sinfonietta and it is dedicated to the saxophonist Jukka Perko. Score: WH3...