# Anu Komsi, soprano

> Anu Komsi, soprano – 9 recordings on Ondine. Finnish soprano Anu Komsi has been praised for her versatile musicianship and her dynamic coloratura voice.…

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- **Role:** soprano

## Biography

Finnish soprano Anu Komsi has been praised for her versatile musicianship and her dynamic coloratura voice. Equally at home on both opera and concert stages, she regularly appears throughout Europe and the United States.

Anu Komsi's broad repertoire ranges from Renaissance to contemporary music, which includes more than forty opera roles such as Nanetta, Lulu, Nightingale (Stravinsky), and Philomela (James Dillon), and encompasses a large number of orchestral works such as Mahler's Fourth Symphony, Chansons de Jeunesse (Debussy), Kafka Fragments (Kurtag), and Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2. Several composers have written for her, including Kaija Saariaho (Leino Songs), Morton Feldman (Neither), Esa-Pekka Salonen (Wing on Wing), and George Benjamin (Into the Little Hill).

Anu Komsi has worked with such conductors as Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Franz Welser-Möst, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Osmo Vänskä, and Sakari Oramo and has appeared with a number of major orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2006, Anu Komsi has led the West Coast Kokkola Opera in her hometown as co-founder and artistic director. She was honoured with an award by the Finnish Culture Foundation in 2008.

## Discography on Ondine (9)

- [Kaija Saariaho: Saarikoski Songs · Vista · Three Preludes](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1512-2.md): Anu Komsi, soprano · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Sakari Oramo, conductor (ODE 1512-2, 2026)
- [Kaija Saariaho: 70 Years · (Digital album)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1407-2.md): Various (ODE 1407-2, 2023)
- [Magnus Lindberg: Accused, Three Interrogations for Soprano and Orchestra · Two Episodes for Orchestra](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1345-2.md): Anu Komsi, soprano · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1345-2, 2020)
- [Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto · Photoptosis · Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1325-2.md): Leila Josefowicz, violin · Anu Komsi, soprano · Jeni Packalen, alto · Hilary Summers, contsalto · Peter Tantsits, tenor · Ville Rusanen, baritone · Juha Uusitalo, bass · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1325-2, 2019)
- [Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics · 5 CD collection celebrating 100 years of Finland's independence · Orchestral Works I & II · Concertos · Vocal Works · Chamber Music](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1300-2q.md): Various Finnish artist, orchestras and conductors (ODE 1300-2Q, 2016)
- [Kaija Saariaho: Works for Orchestra](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1113-2q.md): Jukka-Pekka Saraste (ODE 1113-2Q, 2012)
- [Kaija Saariaho: Clarinet Concerto "D'OM LE VRAI SENS" · Laterna Magica · Leino Songs](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1173-2.md): Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Anu Komsi, soprano · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Sakari Oramo, conductor (ODE 1173-2, 2011)
- [Kaija Saariaho: From the Grammar of Dreams](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-958-2.md): Anu Komsi, soprano · Avanti! Chamber Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 958-2, 2000)
- [György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-868-2.md): Anu Komsi, soprano · Sakari Oramo, violin (ODE 868-2, 1996)

## Links

- [Official Website](http://www.komsi.info/anukomsi/start)
- [Dr. Raab & Dr. Böhm Künstleragentur](http://www.rbartists.at/de/saenger_dtl.php?id=168&TACookie=jl34fjn8fv6kbuqbt5bu3k6p56)
- [Operabase](http://www.operabase.com/listart.cgi?name=anu+komsi&loose=E&acts=+Schedule+)