- April 10, 2026
- Luca Ciammarughi
- Amadeus
A beautiful review for my CD “Within the Waves- Berio & Schubert” in Amadeus written by Luca Ciammarughi.
- April 8, 2026
- Luca Ciammarughi
- Radio Classica
The music of Luciano Berio, and in particular his 2001 Piano Sonata, is the focus of this episode of “The Pianist,” featuring a recording by Finnish composer Sanna Vaarni.
- January 28, 2026
- Anna Menichetti
- RSI
Sanna Vaarni between Schubert and Berio: A Timeless Dialogue
- October 9, 2025
- Kare Eskola
- Yle
It is challenging to find lines in Janáček’s late romantic, discursively fragmented music, but Vaarni’s interpretation stands up to comparison.
- September 29, 2025
- Guido Krawinkel
- Klassik Heute
New review on the Klassik Heute website. Read the full review: http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_medien_einzeln?id=24944
- July 5, 2025
- Cesare Guzzardella
- CorriereBit
Finnish composer Sanna Vaarni’s new piano CD, Les yeux clos, was released by Stradivarius in January. It offers an interesting comparison between two 20th-century musicians born in opposite places: Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996) and French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992).
- March 17, 2025
- PianoNews
Since the Paris World Exhibition of 1889, French composers have been fascinated by Asian art and music.
- March 5, 2025
- Jérome Angouillant
- Clic Magazine
Ce couplage inédit de deux composititeurs éminents du vingtiéme siècle appartenant à deux univers distincts, Orient/Occident
- February 2, 2025
- Remy Franks
- Pizzicato
Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu describes Messiaen as his spiritual mentor, saying that «among the many things I have learned from his music, the concept and experience of the color and form of time will be unforgettable».
- January 30, 2025
- Remy Franks
- Pizzicato
(in italian) La pianista Sanna Vaarni ha scelto di porre a confronto composizioni di Olivier Messiaen e Töru Takemitsu, scelte per cercare punti di contatto tra i due autori e, per estensione, fra la cultura musicale occidentale e orientale.