Kaija Saariaho with Anssi Karttunen: New Works for Strings Young Artists Concert Presented by the Weill Music Institute Kaija Saariaho is the holder of the 2011-2012 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall. This final concert of Kaija Saariaho and Anssi Karttunen’s Weill Music Institute Professional Training Workshop featured participating composers’ music performed by young solo string players, in addition to works by Saariaho. WORLD PREMIERE of works by Louis Chiappetta, Jenny Beck, Chris Williams, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Anna Pidgorna, and Edmund Finnis. U.S. PREMIERE of Kaija Saariaho's AURE U.S. PREMIERE of Saariaho's CLOUD TRIO NEW YORK PREMIERE of Saariaho's FOLIA chamber music performance workshop 2012-03-12T19:30:00