PIIA KOMSI – COLORATURA SOPRANO

  • Helsinki Chamber Music Festival: “Klasari viihteellä”

    Wednesday, July 5th 2017: Bryggerin lava. Performing Noaiddi and Aurinko isäni by composer Aija Puurtinen.

  • New York: Great Reviews for Wing on Wing

    ” (..) their parts were sung with voluptuous colorings by the sisters Anu and Piia Komsi.” New York Times “Sister sopranos Anu and Piia Komsi were extraordinary in the stratospheric vocal parts, starting onstage and reappearing in other spots around the hall.” New York Classical Review

  • May 19th: Premiere with New York Philharmonic

    Coming soon: The New York premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen’sWing on Wing, with sopranos Piia Komsi and Anu Komsi and the New York Philharmonic! Wing on Wing is included in the program of ‘Alan Gilbert’s Farewell Concerts’, titled ‘Kavakos Plays Brahms’. There will be three performances on the stage of the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln…

  • Hetta Music Festival: World Premiere by Tapio Tuomela

    Tapio Tuomela: Yoik& Fishing Scene, text in tunturisaame, Finnish, Swedish Soprano: Piia Komsi Borea-kvartetti 16/4/2017

  • Rave Reviews for Sirens Cycle

    World Premiere: Péter Eötvös’ The Sirens Cycle, Wigmore Hall London Piia Komsi performing with the the Calder Quartet, October 1st, 2016 “And the outstanding soprano Piia Komsi, taking over from Barbara Hannigan, was equal to its extreme demands, smoothly switching between English, ancient Greek and German.” – Hannah Nepil, Financial Times “Most of all, though,…

  • Rave Reviews for Sirens Cycle

    World Premiere: Péter Eötvös’ The Sirens Cycle, Wigmore Hall London Piia Komsi performing with the the Calder Quartet, October 1st, 2016 “And the outstanding soprano Piia Komsi, taking over from Barbara Hannigan, was equal to its extreme demands, smoothly switching between English, ancient Greek and German.” – Hannah Nepil, Financial Times “Most of all, though,…

  • World Premiere: Piia Komsi and Calder Quartet: The Siren’s Cycle by Peter Eötvös

    Wigmore Hall, London, Saturday 1 October 2016 7:30PM “Soprano Piia Komsi, known for her daring musicality and highly expressive performances, is celebrated around the world for her interpretations of contemporary repertoire. She joins the Calder Quartet, winner of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, for the world première of The SIRENS CYCLE by Peter Eötvös.…

  • Warsaw Autumn: Le Malentendu

    Piia Komsi performing the role of Martha in the European premiere of Fabian Panisello’s opera Le Malentendu. Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, September 17, 2016 Program September 17th Program September 18th

  • Kokkolan Oopperakesä 2016

    Photography by Päivi Karjalainen  

  • Kokkolan Oopperakesä 21. – 24.7.2016

    Torstai 21.7.2016 klo 20 Kaarlelan kirkko: F.Couperin:Leçons de Ténèbres / Hämärän lauluja / Dunklets läsningar Esiintyjät: Anu Komsi, Piia Komsi, sopraano Lauri Pulakka, continuo, viola da gamba Jouko Laivuori, continuo, urut Eero Palviainen, continuo, luuttu Ohjelma: Hämärän lauluja, Kaarlelan kirkko 210716 Perjantai 22.7. & lauantai 23.7.2016 klo 19 Ykspihlajan toimitalo: Heinz-Juhani Hofmann: Ahti Karjalainen – Elämä,…

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