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