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KAIJA SAARIAHO OR LOVE FROM AFAR

This is a portrait of the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, through the creation August 2000 in Salzbourg of her first opera "Love at a Distance" - given that the artist and her work cannot be understood independently. The film follows Kaija Saariaho during this period, which marks a turning point in her work.Her opera is inspired by a story from the Middle Ages and is about troubadour Jaufré Rudel's "love at a distance" for the Countess of Tripoli. Between East and West, summer and winter, the film is a journey into Kaija Saariaho's creative mind. It is in her dialogues with director Peter Sellars, librettist Amin Maalouf, conductor Kent Nagano and the singers that the composer reveals herself.

Directed by : Serge Steyer See his other films
Produced by : Yvon Davis
Company : AGAT FILMS & CIE
Coproduced by : ARTE STRASBOURG, YLE (Finlande), INA
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Main cast : Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Dagmar Peckova, Dwayne Croft, L’orchestre symphonique de la SWR à Baden-Baden et Freiburg, Le chœur Arnold Schoenberg, Christophe Durrant
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Genre : documentary
Duration : 56 min
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Year of production : 2001
Available Versions : VF, VA
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TV distribution : INA
TV Diffusion : 28/11/2001
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