PKF - Prague Philharmonia / Lotyšsko, Estonsko, Finsko: Vasks – Pärt – Saariaho

Three musicians representing the contemporary generation of composers in Estonia, Latvia and Finland:

Kaija Saariaho – recipient of an American Grammy Award for best opera, L’amour de loin (2011), recipient of the Polar Music Prize (2013), voted the world’s greatest living composer in a BBC survey in 2019.

Peteris Vasks – leading Latvian composer, recipient of numerous awards, an honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (1994), main composer at the Stockholm New Music Festival (1996), a member of the Royal Swedish Music Academy (2001).

Arvo Pärt – leading Estonian composer, one of the most frequently played contemporary composers in the world, in 2020 he was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his contribution to culture.