Biz news: Saariaho’s daughter gets agency

London-based MaestroArts has signed the young French-Finnish conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière.

Daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, Aliisa was mentored in Helsinki by Jorma Panula and studied at the Sibelius Academy under Sakari Oramo, graduating last year.

She says: ‘Standing in front of a mass of people is a very physical experience. The sound enters your body – maybe even more so with an orchestra than a choir. It felt satisfying and beautiful – impossible to forget. To this day, I still love the physical experience of being with an orchestra. To some extent, you can have that experience listening to live concerts, although the conductor might have the best spot.’

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