A composer's first symphony is always special. Beethoven's 1st with its mystic introduction, Brahms 1st with it's rugged beg...

In 1908 Jean Sibelius had a tumor removed from his throat that proved to be cancerous. For the next few years he feared a return of the canc...

The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is most well known for his music for orchestra. The seven symphonies he composed from 1900-1924 remain in...

Jean Sibelius is most well known as a conductor and one of the great composers of the 20th century, but in his early years his dream was to ...

The last years of the 19th century saw the Finnish composer and conductor Jean Sibelius' works heard more and more in Finland and outsid...

Jean Sibelius continued to write tonal music at a time in the early 20th century when many of his contemporaries were stretching the limit...

The history of Finland has seen the country dominated by Sweden early on and Russia in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries.  With the...

Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)   was a Finnish composer most known for his symphonies. He wrote seven symphonies all together, and after his ...