THE RESONANCE ATLAS
Outi Tarkiainen
Biography
Outi Tarkiainen is a Finnish composer whose work includes orchestral, chamber and vocal music. Her compositions frequently engage with landscape, natural processes and the relationship between sound and environment. Her chamber catalogue includes two wind quintets written in 2009 and 2017.
Why this music interests us
Tarkiainen's two wind quintets provide particularly promising repertoire for Resonance. The Way There... (2009) unfolds in four short movements, each foregrounding a different instrument, while Siimes (2017) evokes a concealed place within a forest and draws material from her saxophone concerto Saivo. Both works invite further listening and score study before performance decisions are made.
Selected works & listening
The Way There... (Is Sand Or Some Other Sounding Substance) (2009; wind quintet); Siimes (2017; wind quintet)
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