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Profile: Composer Kaija Saariaho
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

This year Saariaho was the the composer-in-residence at the Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, which included the US premiere of her oratorio covering the life and death of French philosopher Simone Weil. In this SundayArts profile, Saariaho talks about the inspiration behind her work. Watch.

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