Pia Siirala

The Finnish composer and violinist Pia Siirala’s PhD was completed at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki in 2024. Her artistic research concentrates on the music of the indigenous peoples in north-eastern Siberia, where the ancient singing tradition is still alive. Pia Siirala made many field trips to those areas, recording over 1400 songs. and has composed several works that are inspired by this ancient indigenous music. Pia Siirala studied at the Sibelius Academy, the Budapest Liszt Academy and at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She is the concert master of Ensemble XXI and has performed in Europe, Russia, Australasia and the US.