All that’s after intermission. The concert opening belongs to the international touring star Midori, playing Jean Sibelius’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The Japanese-born American ...

Sibelius was born in a small town in south central Finland, the son of a regimental doctor who died during the cholera epidemic of 1867-68, and was brought up by his mother and grandmother. (He ...

Maurice Ravel and Jean Sibelius. The orchestra was led by a German guest conductor, Kevin John Edusei, making his debut here in New Jersey. It was not a completely uninteresting program.

Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen received a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, with the San Francisco Symphony ...

All parts have been designed to work together to enable mixed-ability groups to perform together. A certain amount of simplification has been required to adapt the pieces for mixed-ability. Some ...

The Nordic countries have contributed music to the world of all genres. In the world of Classical music, each Nordic country has given pieces that are played by orchestras, pianists, singers, and ...

In 1995 Pekka Kuusisto became the first Finn to win the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and was also awarded a special prize for the best performance of Jean Sibelius' violin concerto.

Undoubtedly the most famous composer ever to come out of Finland, Jean Sibelius (pronounced Zhaa(ng) Sib-ayli-uss) completed seven amazing symphonies and a host of vivid descriptive music using ...