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 Solo Violin (2009)
Pia Siirala Violin, recorded by Mikko Ingman, Music House, Camerata, Helsinki 15.12.2017
Asikongaun – 11 Moments for Violin, Kantele and 5-string Kantele (2017)
Moments 6 and 7. Ritva Koistinen-Armfelt kantele, Pia Siirala, 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 Solo Violin(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 (2023)
Three Clarinets for Bass, E-flat and A-clarinets (2022)
Premiere by Lucy Amrams-Husso, bass, e-flat and a-clarinets 26.5.2022.
RECORDINGS
Seeking the Personal Song SibaRecords 20.9.2022
Sound answers Voice, Ensemblegram 31.8.2025
Ulita & Asikongaun, Ensemblegram 3.9.2025
Polar Voices & Ulita's Walk, Ensemblegram 5.10.2025
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, Pastorale
Schönberg Verklärte Nacht, excerpt
EXHIBITIONS
PUBLICATIONS
The Doctoral Thesis:
Siirala, Pia (2024) Kuulokulmia tšuktšien henkilölauluun – Säveltämällä kuleminen taiteellisen tutkimuksen menetelmänä / Aspects of hearing the Chukchi Personal Song – Hearing through composing as an artistic research method. Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, 2024. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-329-359-5
Articles:
Siirala, Pia (2024) Koillisen Siperian tšuktšien henkilölaulu musiikillisen ajattelun käännekohtana. Trio, Vol 13 Nro 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37453/tj.149005
Siirala, Pia (2025). Tšuktšien musiikin tajunnanvirtaa: Musiikin molekyylit poromies Etiljanin laulannassa. Etnomusikologian Vuosikirja, 37, 10–52. https://doi.org/10.23985/evk.164163
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
OTHER ARTICLES
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