The budding conductor Aliisa Neige Barriere, daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, gets the biggest opportuinity of her career this weekend.
Designated Young Artist of the Year at the Mikkeli Festival in Finland, Aliisa will conduct Beethoven’s 9th symphony, following a new work for chorus and orchestra by her contemporary composer Luukas Hiltunen, who is 27.
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