Outi Tarkiainen
"Outi Tarkiainen is one of a new generation of composers whose work bears intense witness to the world around it and whose music engages audiences while advancing the art form without compromise", writes Andrew Mellor. "I see music as a force of nature", Outi has said, "that can flood over a person and even change entire destinies."
As a composer, Outi Tarkiainen has background both in the Modernist camp and in the jazz camp. Several of her works exhibit, in a deeply instinctive way, an organic, innovative dialogue between these two traditions – an example being the title work of her acclaimed disc Into the Woodland Silence.
Tarkiainen’s music is frequently performed abroad and has been dubbed to draw on the immensity of the northern natural environment. Her saxophone concerto Saivo was nominated for the 2018 Nordic Council Music Prize. Midnight Sun Variations, commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic and the National Arts Centre Orchestra from Canada, was premiered at the BBC Proms Festival in August 2019 and has since been performed around the world.
More
- Three Finnish Composers nominated for Prix de Composition Musicale
- Outi Tarkiainen's website
- Outi Tarkiainen on Wise Music Classical
- Artistic vision: Outi Tarkiainen between two worlds
- Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter (2014–15) on YouTube
- Composing Out Loud - Outi Tarkiainen
- Into the Woodland Silence on Vimeo
- Outi Tarkiainen's album The Earth, Spring's Daughter & Saxophone Concerto "Saivo" on Spotify
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Room of One’s Own | 2sopr, 2mezzo, ten, baryt, chx (SATB), 3222.4221 13 1, pno+cel, str | 2021 | Works for the Stage | 01:05:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Beaivi | fl, vlc, guit, pno | 2016 | Chamber Works | 08:30 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Contemplations | big band / big band and voice / big band and vocal ensemble | 2005 | Works for Big Band | 10:00 | |
Distant Song | 2222 3000 13 0, pno, db, dr, str (8-8-6-5-3), ssax solo | 2005 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 06:00 | |
Into the Woodland Silence | 120 4 4, cl, bcl, pno, db, dr+perc, mezzo solo [asax+fl+cl, tsax+fl+cl, trp+fhn] | 2010 | Works for Big Band | 17:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Into the Woodland Silence | 121 4 4, cl+bcl, pno, db, dr+perc, mezzo solo [asax+fl, tsax+fl, tsax+cl, barsax+fl, trp+fhn] | 2010 | Vocal and Choral Works, Works for Big Band | 17:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
...ja alkoivat laulaa | acc | 2015 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Modus Musiikki |
Jään lauluja | 3333 4330 13 1, pno+cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn, fhn] or 2222 2200 12 1, pno+cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn] | 2019 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 12:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Joye | 2222 2200, perc | 2017 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 01:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Kummulla kuun kiilassa | voc, ssax, db, dr, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2007 | Works for Jazz Ensembles | 05:00 | |
Kunnes kivi halkeaa | vln | 2008 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Liebklinge | 1111 1000 11 1, str, ssax solo [ehn, bcl, str min 4-3-3-2-1 players] | 2013 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 15:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Liebklinge | 2222 2130 11 0, dr, folk harp, cel, str, ssax solo [pic, ehn, str: 11-9-7-6-4 +2vln&vla behind the audience] | 2011 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 15:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Maa, kevään tytär | 1111 1000 01, cel, str, mezzo | 2015 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 40:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Metsän hiljaisuuteen | sopr, cl, vlc, pno | 2012 | Vocal and Choral Works | 14:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Midnight Sun Variations | 3333 4321 13 1, cel (pno), str | 2019 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 11:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Milky Ways | 2232 4221 13 1, pno+cel, str, ehn solo [afl, pic, bcl, cbsn] | 2022 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 21:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Mosaics | 3333 4331 13 0, pno, str [afl, pic, ehn, bcl] | 2021 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Obsession II | fl, pno | 2013 | Chamber Works | 04:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Oglütz | 2008 | Works for Big Band | 09:00 | ||
Polar Pearls | 1111 1000 01, str [afl, bcl] | 2023 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 24:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Primroses | 2004 | Works for Big Band | 05:00 | ||
Psalm | 2006 | Works for Big Band | 08:00 | ||
Saivo | 2222 2200 01 0, cel (pno), str, ssax solo | 2016 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 27:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Sanasi, kiveen uponneet | vlc | 2011 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Sans paroles | cl | 2012 | Works for Solo Instrument | 08:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Sensory Flashbacks | cl, vln, vla, vlc, åno | 2024 | Chamber Works | 19:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Siimes | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn | 2017 | Chamber Works | 13:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Tenderness | pno | 2022 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Baudelaire Songs | sopr, pno | 2009 | Vocal and Choral Works | 15:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
The Downfall of Judith Shakespeare | mezzo, ob, vln, vlc, pno | 2023 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The First Steps | 2004 | Works for Big Band | 07:30 | ||
The Lustful Mother | str, pno, baryt solo | 2018 | Vocal and Choral Works | 30:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Lustful Mother's Heart | vla | 2020 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Rapids of Life | 3333 4231 13 2, cel, str | 2023 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 11:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
There is more light in this room when you are here | ssax, asax, tsax, barsax | 2018 | Chamber Works | 11:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Ring of Fire and Love | 1222 4221 13 1, cel, str | 2020 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 09:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Seasons of Love | str, cl solo | 2023 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 19:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
The Seasons of Love | cl, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2023 | Chamber Works | 19:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
They Walked Side By Side | sopr/mezzo, vln | 2018 | Vocal and Choral Works | 07:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Thus the Fairies Disappear | big band, asax solo | 2008 | Works for Big Band | 08:00 | |
Tie sinne... | fl+pic, ob, cl, bsn, hn | 2009 | Chamber Works | 11:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Trois poèmes | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2013 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Uusinta Publishing Company |
Vapautensa antanut | voc, trp, asax, tsax, hn, trb, pno, db, dr | 2011 | Works for Big Band | 10:00 | |
Without a Trace | pno | 2020 | Works for Solo Instrument | 14:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Woodland Fanfares | cl, vlc, pno | 2021 | Chamber Works | 02:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |