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- Outi Tarkiainen
The Ring of Fire and Love (2020)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Commissioned by Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1(pic)+pic.2.2(bcl).2/4.2.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp.cel/str
- 9 min
- 14th March 2026, Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America
- 15th March 2026, Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America
Programme Note
The Ring of Fire is a volcanic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean and in which most of the world’s earthquakes occur. It is also the term referring to the bright ring of sunlight around the moon at the height of a solar eclipse, when the moon covers only the central part of the sun. Yet, the same expression is also used to describe what a woman feels when, as she gives birth, the baby’s head passes through her pelvis. That moment is the most dangerous in the baby’s life, its little skull being subjected to enormous pressure, preparing it for life in a way unlike any other. The Ring of Fire and Love is a work for orchestra about this earth-shattering, creative, cataclysmic moment they travel through together.
Outi Tarkiainen
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- Outi Tarkiainen Premieres in Wiesbaden and Basel
- 26th February 2026
- On March 4, there will be two country premieres of works by Outi Tarkiainen which are deeply connected to nature and motherhood.
- Outi Tarkiainen Premieres in San Francisco, Boston, New York
- 15th January 2026
- Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen continues to share her music with major orchestras across the United States, with commissions from the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Cultural exchange: Premieres in Australia and Finland
- 29th May 2024
- Cultural exchange: Premieres in Australia and Finland
