Kaija Saariaho’s Mirage was commissioned by the Orchestre de Paris, BBC  Symphony Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The world premiere took place on 13 March 2008 in Salle Pleyel, Paris, given byKaritaMattila (Soprano), Anssi Karttunen (Cello), with the Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

This arrangement of Mirage for soprano, cello and piano was premiered on 25 July 2010 at Festival des Arcs2010 inLes Arcs, France, by Pia Freund (Soprano), Anssi Karttunen (Cello) and Tuija Hakkila (Piano).

Duration: c.12 minutes