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Born:
8 December
1865
— Hämeenlinna
— Finland
Died:
20 September
1957
— Järvenpää
— Finland
Portrait of Jean Sibelius by Paul Helm
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News for Sibelius
- Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin
[posted 24 April 2008]On wednesday a plaque was to be unveiled in Berlin to commemorate Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who lived in the city for some time.
The plaque is fastened on a house at Marienstrasse 4, where Sibeilus lived for some time while studying in Berlin from 1889 till 1890. His time in Berlin appeared to be an inspiring period. He wrote to his friend that he was "like a fish in water".
[Source: newsroom.finland.fi]
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His full name was Johan Julius Christian Sibelius and he was known as Janne to his family.
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9 May 2012: Grace Church 33 Church Street White Plains, New York "Lost Gems of the Romantic Era III"
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16 February 1893: Premiere of En Saga op. 9, in Helsinki, Finland, with Sibelius conducting.
2 July 1900: Premiere of Finlandia op. 26, in Helsinki, Finland.
8 March 1902: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 43, in Helsinki, Finland, with Sibelius conducting.
19 October 1904: Premiere of Sibelius's violin concerto in d minor op. 47, in Helsinki, Finland, with Richard Strauss conducting.
24 November 1919: Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in E flat major (revised), in Helsinki, Finland.
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