Pia Siirala Portfolio

 

COMPOSITIONS

Nivh Themes for violin, viola, violoncello and double bass (2004) 

Pia Siirala violin, Max Savikangas, viola, Mark Fridman violoncello, Teemu Kauppinen double bass, recorded by Mikko Ingman, Music House, Camerata, Helsinki 15.12.2017

Ulita’s walk  for violin solo (2009)


 

Asikongaun – 11 Moments for violin, kantele and 5-string kantele (2017)

Moments 6 and 7. Ritva Koistinen-Armfelt kantele,  Pia Siirala viulu, violin, recorded by Mikko Ingman, Music House, Camerata, Helsinki 15.12.2017

Sound answers voice  for violin, 3 organs, accordion and field recordings (2018) 

Seeking the Personal Song for violin solo (2021

Flow of Music – Multimedia-exhibition (2022)

Polar Voices for string orchestra (2022) 

Ensemble XXI, condutor Lygia O'Riordan. Recorded by Robert de Godzinsky Modellarium Hall, Prishtina, Kosovo 1.12.2022.


Ulita's walk for string orchestra (2022)

Three Clarinets (2022) – Premiere by Lucy Amrams-Husso 2022

RECORDINGS

Seeking the Personal Song SibaRecords release  (2022)  

Excerpts from recordings as Concert Master with Ensemble XXI, conductor Lygia O'Riordan

Stravinsky Apollon Musagète, Variation D’Apollon 

Bloch Concerto Grosso No.1 for Strings and Piano, Partorale

Schönberg Verklärte Nacht excerpt

PUBLICATIONS

The Doctoral Thesis: Kuulokulmia tšuktšien henkilölauluun – Säveltämällä kuleminen taiteellisen tutkimuksen menetelmänä / Aspects of hearing the Chukchi Personal Song – Hearing through composing as an artistic research method (2024)

Field Diaries

Matkapäiväkirja Sahalinin nivh-alkuperäiskansan musiikki (2007) ISBN 978-952-5789-00-3

The Nivkh people of Sakhalin and their music (2009) ISBN 978-952-5789-01-0, translation Lygia O’Riordan

Short films

Journey to the Nivkh people of Sakhalin (2008)

 

Journey to Kamchatka to research music of the Koryak, Chukchi and Even Peoples I, II, III (2009)

PODCASTS

Blog – English

Blog – Finnish