Sibelius software users have launched a petition asking Avid Technology to sell the music publishing program to another company. Avid closed Sibelius's development studio in Finsbury Park, London, at ...

His music is seeped in the myths and the natural marvels of his homeland and helped articulate the struggle for Finnish independence, but it is his seven symphonies that confirmed his place as one of ...

His symphonies didn't just brilliantly capture the ghostliness of the Finnish landscape – they were also way ahead of their time. Tom Service meets six conductors discovering Sibelius anew Sibelius's ...

THE BASICS: THE TEMPEST, the play by Shakespeare, directed by Fortunato Pezzimenti for the Irish Classical Theatre Company (ICTC), in collaboration with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) ...

Sibelius’s mighty Finlandia is a triumphant celebration of the ancient beauty of Finland and the proud independence of her people. "It is as if the Almighty had thrown down pieces of a mosaic from ...

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 ...

From an ‘orgasmic’ accelerando to that utterly glorious swan theme, these are the greatest moments in one of Sibelius’ most unusual works – according to Estonian maestro Paavo Järvi. “It’s an odd ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft and Avid have teamed up to help develop a new version of Avid's Sibelius music ...

I am fascinated by famous composers who have areas of music that are unknown, not only to the general audience but even to musicians and people in our field. This is especially the case with piano ...

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 ...