This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of classical composer Jean Sibelius. Musician David Was says the composer's work was in danger of falling out of fashion, but is recently enjoying a ...
The Adrian Symphony Orchestra will present Bravo Bravado at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 at Dawson Auditorium, 110 S. Madison St.
Classical Music aficionados have likely noted that Finnish music and the name of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius have been popping up with unusual frequency. That’s likely because this year marks the ...
Tenor Miles Mykkanen, more reserved but no less attentive, nailed his short but demanding solo during the buoyant Turkish ...
Wildly popular a century ago as an icon of Finnish nationalism in a late-Romantic vein, Jean Sibelius was largely dismissed by music aficionados after World War II as something of a conservative ...
In his native Finland, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) has always been much more than “just” a great composer. He was the country’s first modern hero: To find an American equivalent, we might liken him to ...
More than 1,000 people gathered in the bright sunshine on the steps of Helsinki Cathedral to sing the Finlandia hymn, one of the most popular compositions of composer Jean Sibelius, whose 150th ...
Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali's slow tempos worked wonders with Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, but bogged down Sibelius' ...
Tuesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Sibelius Unbound” festival ventured into chamber music territory -- a field that a wag might dub “Sibelius Unheard.” In other ...