There's no biographical reason why the University of Houston Moores School of Music is presenting a Sibelius festival next weekend. The famous Finnish composer was born 140 years ago and died 49 years ...

We’re talking about the music of Jean Sibelius, the voice of Finland, the Scandinavian North. This is an unusual view of the Jean Sibelius monument in Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 27, 1968. (AP) The work ...

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 ...

There were novelties at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night. Finnish was spoken over the PA system for the first time -- in a request that audience members turn off their cellphones -- as the ...

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 ...

So thorough is an immersion into the world of Jean Sibelius offered by Seattle Symphony in coming weeks that a drinking-age patron will be able to sample the Finnish composer’s favorite cocktail in ...

Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel programmed three musical jewels of the 19th century for Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s Saturday evening Masterworks concert at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts. The ...

It’s a bit startling to realize that Jean Sibelius has been dead for only 50 years, for he is a figure who seems like part of a deeper past. To put it in stark perspective, he was born in the year ...

Mark Kanny Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 12:00 a.m. | Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 12:00 a.m. One of the world’s leading conductors returns to Heinz Hall this week to do double duty. Osmo Vanska will lead a ...