# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaija-saariaho
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:42:43.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaija-saariaho"
name: "Kaija Saariaho"
slug: "kaija-saariaho"
description: "Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Finnish National Opera, among others. In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer."
tagline: "Finnish composer (1952–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaija_Saariaho_in_2022.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
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birthDate: "1952-10-14"
deathDate: "2023-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           23.594436
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump