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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

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© Daniel Nyblin - Finnish Heritage Agency (CC BY 4.0)
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Year of birth1865
Year of death1957
NationalityFinland
PeriodEarly 20th century
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Sibelius 150: An anniversary playlist
For Sibelius's 150th anniversary in 2015, the Bachtrack team picked their favourites of his works for this playlist, from his symphonies to tone poems and the only surviving recording of him conducting his own music.
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StockholmSalonen & Wang x 2

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Sibelius, Rautavaara, Ravel, Debussy
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Yuja Wang

ReykjavíkKian Soltani Plays Lutosławski

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Sibelius, Lutosławski
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Eva Ollikainen; Kian Soltani

ParisKlaus Mäkelä / Yunchan Lim

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Schumann C., Sibelius, Schumann, Medtner
Klaus Mäkelä; Yunchan Lim; Sarah Nemtanu; Musicians from Orchestre de Paris

TaipeiDavid Danzmayr, Kyohei Sorita & Taiwan Philharmonic

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Baliax, Brahms, Sibelius
Taiwan Philharmonic; David Danzmayr; Kyohei Sorita

AmsterdamYuja Wang plays Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Het Concertgebouw
Sibelius, Rautavaara, Ravel, Debussy
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Yuja Wang

GenevaIceland Symphony Orchestra | Ollikainen, Soltani

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Thorvaldsdottir, Elgar, Sibelius
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Eva Ollikainen; Kian Soltani
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Paavo Järvi marks his new LPO appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius

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Paavo Järvi demonstrates just why the London Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen him as its next Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor. 
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Vienna Philharmonic closes Carnegie residency

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Andris Nelsons pairs Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra with Sibelius’ Second Symphony to conclude the Vienna Philharmonic's latest Carnegie Hall residency. 
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Canellakis, Mutter and the LPO at the Elbphilharmonie

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Anne-Sophie Mutter’s commanding presence meet the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s exceptional adaptability, yielding a concert that balances tradition-steeped authority with modern transparency, rhythmic vitality and the orchestra’s own electrifying spontaneity.

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Klaus Mäkelä is speaking... Chicago is listening

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Designate juxtaposes his Finnish countryman's music on their shared national epic, the Kalevala, with the heroic life limned in the tone poem of Richard Strauss.
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The Hallé brings Salonen, Grieg and Sibelius to Sheffield

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Dazzling young German pianist Julius Asal and stand-in conductor Duncan Ward breathe new life into the familiar in repertoire by Grieg and Sibelius.

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Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg

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A last-minute programme change doubles Batiashvili’s Tchaikovsky at the Elbphilharmonie, but repetition is transformed into fresh revelation. 

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