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  • Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Italian Premiere

    We are very honored to announce that Italy’s National Association of Music Critics has awarded Pascal Dusapin’s Medeamaterial (Teatro Comunale di Bologna) the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for the best Italian Premiere of 2017. Piia Komsi, who performed the titular role Medea, has previously received outstanding reviews: Excellent International Reviews for Finnish Coloratura Soprano Piia…

  • DVD: Unsuk Chin – Alice in Wonderland

    Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland – Opera Composer: Chin, Unsuk, (1961 -) Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester Conductor: Nagano, Kent Soloist Matthews, Sally, soprano Soloist: Komsi, Piia, soprano Soloist: Rempe, Julia, soprano Soloist: Henschel, Dietrich, baritone Medici Arts, 2008 DVD Available through EuroArts The full opera is also viewable for subscribers of Medici.tv

  • BBC Radio 3 in Concert: Total Immersion Esa-Pekka Salonen

    Programme available shortly after the broadcast (3/12/2018) on BBC Radio 3 Total Immersion Esa-Pekka Salonen. Thrilling music by the Finnish composer performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by fellow Finn and friend Sakari Oramo. Recorded at the Barbican on Sunday 10th December 2017 Presented by Andrew McGregor Esa-Pekka Salonen: Gambit (1998) Esa-Pekka…

  • Great reviews for Total Immersion: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Barbican

    BBC Symphony Orchestra – Total Immersion: Esa-Pekka Salonen Anu Komsi & Piia Komsi, BBC Singers, Nicholas Chalmers, Nicholas Daniel, Sakari Oramo Sunday, December 10, 2017 Milton Court Concert Hall & Barbican Hall, London “Wing on Wing, composed for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, is a huge, celebratory piece that deserves to…

  • New CD: Zoltán Jeney: Wohin

    New recording of Wohin, by Zoltán Jeney.  Gábor Csalog (piano), György Déri (cello), Piia Komsi (soprano) MR Symphony Orchestra and MR Choir, Krulik String Quartet, MR Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis Jeney: Songs of Innocence and Experience Pia Komsi (soprano) Available at Presto Classical

  • Fragments from Medea

    Medea by Benda (Salome Kammer), Medeamaterial by Pascal Dusapin (Medea: Piia Komsi). Production 2017 Bologna Teatro Comunale.

  • Juhlakonsertti: Muka 60v

    Koulujen musiikinopettajakoulutus 60v. Musiikkitalo, 28/10/2017 Ohjelmassa mm. Aija Puurtinen: Noita ja Aurinko Isäni neljälle sellolle ja sopraanolle Laulu: Piia Komsi Soittajat: Lauri Kankkunen, Riku Vartiainen, Jaani Helander ja Martti Laivuori Valokuvat ©: Ville Huuri

  • Bologna 2017: Medea/Medeamaterial

    MEDEAMATERIAL by Pascal Dusapin Opera libretto by Heiner Mueller (1992) for soprano, voice quartet, chorus and orchestra Teatro Comunale di Bologna October 11th – 12th, 2017 Photos: Rocco Casaluci MEDIA high-res download: Medea/Medeamaterial photos © Rocco Casaluci

  • Cafe Budapest Festival: The Sirens Cycle by Péter Eötvös

    Piia Komsi with the Calder Quartet, and Péter Eötvös Cafe Budapest Festival, October 15th 2017 Photo credit: Posztós János / CAFe Budapest Media upload with high-res: 17_10_15_Piia_Komsi_Calder_Quartet_c_Posztos_Janos_CAFe_Budapest

  • Bologna Modern 2017: Medea / Medeamaterial

    As part of Bologna Modern 2017, the contemporary music theatre Medeamaterial – by French composer Pascal Dusapin and with libretto by the German poet, writer and dramatist Heiner Müller, is combined with the 1775 one-act play Medea by Georg Benda. Teatro Comunale di Bologna October 11th – 12th, 2017 at 8:00 pm – TICKETS ONLINE…