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05 March 2024
Saariaho's Innocence wins Large-Scale
Composition RPS Award
5th March 2024
Innocence the final opera by Kaija Saariaho won the prestigious 2024 Royal Philharmonic
Society award for Large-Scale Composition last night, March 5. The ceremony, held at the
Royal Northern College of Music, presented a vital and uplifting picture of classical music’s
resonance, impact and reach.
An icon of contemporary music who we sadly lost last year, Saariaho's award was collected
by her son, and the opera’s co-librettist, Aleksi Barrière. The acclaimed opera presents a
mesmerising portrait of lives forever changed by a high school shooting, staged in London by
The Royal Opera in 2023.
BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a special RPS Awards programme at 7:30pm on Wednesday
March 6, also available for a further month on BBC Sounds, giving audiences the opportunity
to hear more music from this year’s winners. A film of the RPS Awards presentation will be
freely available to watch for one month on the RPS website from Tuesday March 12.
Read more about the awards and all the winners here.
