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Kaija Saariaho, an Uncommon card
Kaija Anneli Saariaho was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Kaija Saariaho quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kaija Saariaho card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Saariaho studied ______ in Helsinki, Freiburg, and Paris, where she also lived since 1982.
Answer
composition. Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg, and Paris, where she also lived since 1982. From the Kaija Saariaho article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In a ____ composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer.
Answer
2010s. In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer. From the Kaija Saariaho article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- During the course of her career, Saariaho received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Finnish National Opera, among others.
- In a 2019 composers' poll by BBC Music Magazine, Saariaho was ranked the greatest living composer.
- Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg, and Paris, where she also lived since 1982.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kaija Saariaho article was read about 40,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Kaija Saariaho
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kaija Saariaho (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
