

It’s the driving force behind everything.

Aino and Jean’s burning love and passion is a constant through the decades, in spite of the obstacles. Jorma Elo’s new ballet is about Jean Sibelius and his creativity, which inspires him to push forward. Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer who achieved success in his native country at the end of the 19th century, and was internationally famous by the early 20th. In the Sibeliuksenpuisto Park, you can sit on the benches and listen to the. You can visit the Birthplace of Sibelius in the centre of Hmeenlinna, which serves as a museum and hosts concerts. The memory of the composer is still honoured in Hmeenlinna today. In 1939 the Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation organised a competition for sculptors to design a work that depicted a scene from Finland's national epic The Kalevala, which would be erected in the park. A dance through the national composer’s life. Finland’s most famous composer, Jean Sibelius, was born in Hmeenlinna 1865. A work with a similar concept, also designed by Hiltunen, is located at the grounds of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. In his native Finland, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) has always been much more than just a great composer. Hiltunen's aim was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius.Ī smaller version of the monument, "Homage to Sibelius", is located at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The monument weighs 24 tonnes (24 long tons 26 short tons) and measures 8.5 by 10.5 by 6.5 metres (28 ft × 34 ft × 21 ft). syyskuuta 1957 Järvenpää) oli suomalainen myöhäisromantiikan taidemusiikin säveltäjä.
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It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern. Johan Christian Julius Jean Sibelius 1 ( 8. Hiltunen addressed her critics by adding the face of Sibelius which sits beside the main sculpture. Originally it sparked a lively debate about the merits and flaws of abstract art and although the design looked like stylised organ pipes it was known that the composer had created little music for organs. The competition took two rounds after one early winner was abandoned. The sculpture won a competition, organised by the Sibelius Society, following the composer's death in 1957. The monument is a sculpture by Finnish artist Eila Hiltunen titled Passio Musicae and was unveiled on September 7, 1967.
