Antti Sakari Saario
Encyclopedia
Antti Saario is a contemporary electroacoustic
composer
and academic.http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/
at Keele University
in 1997.
He continued his studies in composition under Jonty Harrison
at The University Of Birmingham - working with Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
( BEAST ) - receiving his PHD in 2001. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ His numerous postgraduate compositions have been performed in a variety of venues and through a wide range of mediums - Most notably
B-Side (1998) — A Fixed media composition. This was Released on Spike Works from BEAST — vol. 1. London: Sargasso Records. It was further featured in the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
’s release Presence II http://cec.sonus.ca/Presence_II/index.html. B-Side (1998) was positively reviewed by Rajmil Fischman in Sonic Arts Network’s publication Diffusion, reprinted in eContact! http://cec.sonus.ca/Presence_II/Review_Fischman.htm
After a period of experimental work in Norway
, Antti Sakari Saario undertook his current teaching post at Lancaster University
. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ His second wave of non-commercial compositional output began to emerge in the 2006 and has continued to date. Notable compositions have included :
Making Space: When The Curtain Falls (2007) - an acousmatic play for multichannel playback system and blacked-out space, performed as part of Nuffield Theatre's Making Space 2007 bursary/mini-residency scheme. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ This work was featured at ACMC 2008, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- The University of Sydney
, Australia in July 2008.
Flocking: an improvatorio (2007-)http://www.davidprior.org/flocking.html for voices, string quartet and live-electronics. A free improvisation led by Steve Lewis
http://www.deepcabaret.co.uk/deep%20cabaret%20vox/indexvox.htm in collaboration with David Prior
. This was a site specific performance at Ashton Memorial as part of Lancaster Jazz Festival. http://lancsdev.web-labs.co.uk/Documents/jazz%20festival%2007%20programme%20new4.pdf. It subsequently featured at View Two Gallery, Liverpool, UK on Sept 6th, 2007. http://www.viewtwogallery.co.uk/. A DVD of the Jazz Festival performance was produced with a 5.1 surround audio recording by David Prior
, Saario and video artist Jenny McCabe.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqtKj9pnms&feature=related
, David Prior
, Iain Armstrong and Robert Penman have left a telling influence on his sonic production. One characteristic feature of Dr Saarios work is his willingness to counterbalance within his work a wide range of aesthetic and academic approaches. The literary output of William S. Burroughs
has been evident since his earliest compositions. The philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari
and the filmwork of David Lynch
and the Dogma 95 collaboration in particular underpin his composition as well as his academic approach. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=162026813 Since 2001 majority of his output has been collaborative, and in many instances interdisciplinary (e.g. 'The Hollywoods' and 'Aboriginal Terraformations' with visual artist Amanda Newall, and the [zygote] concept with composer and musicologist Martin Iddon). His personal interests in martial arts http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ can be clearly evidenced in the his recent work - Making Space: When The Curtain Falls (2007) .http://www.nuffieldtheatre.com/archive/details.asp?eventIdentifier=2007529_80331058. Dr Saario is a senior student of Nick Hudis - acclaimed bodyworker http://www.themassageman.biz/ and Qigong
teacher http://www.hunyuantaiji.co.uk/pages/contacts.php
Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and academic.http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/
Career
Born in Lahti, Finland, Antti Sakari Saario graduated in Mathematics and Electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
at Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
in 1997.
He continued his studies in composition under Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic music composer born April 27, 1952 in Scunthorpe, UK, and currently living in Birmingham, UK.Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic music composer born April 27, 1952 in Scunthorpe, UK, and currently living in Birmingham, UK.Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic...
at The University Of Birmingham - working with Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, or as it is more commonly known, BEAST, is a sound diffusion system specifically designed for the performance of electroacoustic music. Created in 1982, it is a long-running project of the Electroacoustic Music Studios at the University of Birmingham under...
( BEAST ) - receiving his PHD in 2001. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ His numerous postgraduate compositions have been performed in a variety of venues and through a wide range of mediums - Most notably
B-Side (1998) — A Fixed media composition. This was Released on Spike Works from BEAST — vol. 1. London: Sargasso Records. It was further featured in the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Canadian Electroacoustic Community
Founded in 1986, La Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / The Canadian Electroacoustic Community is Canada’s national electroacoustic / computer music / sonic arts organization and as such is dedicated to promoting this progressive art form in its broadest definition: from “pure” acousmatic...
’s release Presence II http://cec.sonus.ca/Presence_II/index.html. B-Side (1998) was positively reviewed by Rajmil Fischman in Sonic Arts Network’s publication Diffusion, reprinted in eContact! http://cec.sonus.ca/Presence_II/Review_Fischman.htm
After a period of experimental work in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Antti Sakari Saario undertook his current teaching post at Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ His second wave of non-commercial compositional output began to emerge in the 2006 and has continued to date. Notable compositions have included :
Making Space: When The Curtain Falls (2007) - an acousmatic play for multichannel playback system and blacked-out space, performed as part of Nuffield Theatre's Making Space 2007 bursary/mini-residency scheme. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ This work was featured at ACMC 2008, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
- The University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
, Australia in July 2008.
Flocking: an improvatorio (2007-)http://www.davidprior.org/flocking.html for voices, string quartet and live-electronics. A free improvisation led by Steve Lewis
Steve Lewis (musician)
Steve Lewis was a jazz pianist and composer.Lewis was born in New Orleans. He was influenced by the piano stylings of Tony Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton, and became the premier pianist in Storyville after those two older musicians left town. When the District was closed down in 1917 he went on...
http://www.deepcabaret.co.uk/deep%20cabaret%20vox/indexvox.htm in collaboration with David Prior
David Prior (artist)
-Early work:David Prior was born in the UK and studied Music and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor where he studied composition with Andrew Lewis...
. This was a site specific performance at Ashton Memorial as part of Lancaster Jazz Festival. http://lancsdev.web-labs.co.uk/Documents/jazz%20festival%2007%20programme%20new4.pdf. It subsequently featured at View Two Gallery, Liverpool, UK on Sept 6th, 2007. http://www.viewtwogallery.co.uk/. A DVD of the Jazz Festival performance was produced with a 5.1 surround audio recording by David Prior
David Prior (artist)
-Early work:David Prior was born in the UK and studied Music and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor where he studied composition with Andrew Lewis...
, Saario and video artist Jenny McCabe.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqtKj9pnms&feature=related
Influences
Dr Saario's work reflect his evolution as a composer - he readily acknowledges the influence of his tutors and collaborators on his work. Jonty HarrisonJonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic music composer born April 27, 1952 in Scunthorpe, UK, and currently living in Birmingham, UK.Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic music composer born April 27, 1952 in Scunthorpe, UK, and currently living in Birmingham, UK.Jonty Harrison is an electroacoustic...
, David Prior
David Prior (artist)
-Early work:David Prior was born in the UK and studied Music and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor where he studied composition with Andrew Lewis...
, Iain Armstrong and Robert Penman have left a telling influence on his sonic production. One characteristic feature of Dr Saarios work is his willingness to counterbalance within his work a wide range of aesthetic and academic approaches. The literary output of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...
has been evident since his earliest compositions. The philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari
Deleuze and Guattari
Deleuze and Guattari refers to Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, two French philosophers who wrote a number of works together. The most notable of these is the two volume Capitalism and Schizophrenia, consisting of Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus...
and the filmwork of David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
and the Dogma 95 collaboration in particular underpin his composition as well as his academic approach. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=162026813 Since 2001 majority of his output has been collaborative, and in many instances interdisciplinary (e.g. 'The Hollywoods' and 'Aboriginal Terraformations' with visual artist Amanda Newall, and the [zygote] concept with composer and musicologist Martin Iddon). His personal interests in martial arts http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/ can be clearly evidenced in the his recent work - Making Space: When The Curtain Falls (2007) .http://www.nuffieldtheatre.com/archive/details.asp?eventIdentifier=2007529_80331058. Dr Saario is a senior student of Nick Hudis - acclaimed bodyworker http://www.themassageman.biz/ and Qigong
Qigong
Qigong or chi kung is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation...
teacher http://www.hunyuantaiji.co.uk/pages/contacts.php
External links
- "official site" - authored in conjunction with collaborator Robert Penman
- "samplemusic" - provided by myspace
Sources
- http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/faculty/profiles/Antti-Saario/LICA/
- http://cec.sonus.ca/Presence_II
- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=162026813
- http://www.discogs.com/release/427568
- http://www.nuffieldtheatre.com/archive/details.asp?eventIdentifier=2007529_80331058
- http://lancsdev.web-labs.co.uk/Documents/jazz%20festival%2007%20programme%20new4.pdf