Sibelius biography is brief

Brief biographies Sibelius Jan Sibelius composition studied at the Helsinsky Conservatory with M. Vegelius - a pioneer of Finnish national music.

He continued to classes in Berlin in A. Becker and Vienna at R. Fuchs and K. upon returning to his homeland, he led classes of the theory of composition and violin in the conservatory, then, thanks to a constant state scholarship, he was able to devote himself exclusively to creativity. From the year he lived and worked in the town of Yarvenep, near Helsinki. In the year, the first author’s concert of Sibelius was held in Helsinki, on which the first of his symphonic poems “Cullervo” was performed, marked by the origin of the Finnish national romantic musical style.

In the next decades, up to the 1st World War II, Sibelius's music won complete recognition in his homeland and abroad, especially symphonic poems on stories from Finnish folk poetry, history, mythology and epic “Tuonelian swan”, “Finland”, as well as symphony, a violin concert, “Sad Vals” from music to the performance to the performance to the performance Kuolem Yarnefelt.

The music of Sibelius attracts a kind of northern flavor, courageous and restrained pathos, spontaneity of feeling, colorfulness, melody. After the end of the war, as a result of the growth of anti -romantic and modernist trends, the music of Sibelius somewhat loses its significance in Europe, being at the turn of two eras. The uncertainty of his position as a musician is reflected in the creative activity of Sibelius.

His last major works-the 6th and 7th symphonies and the symphonic poem "Tapiol"-belong to the beginning of the x. After a year, Sibelius almost did not compose. Over time, his music again gained immense popularity. The meaning of Sibelius music for his homeland is to create the first outstanding works in the national style. Symphonic poems on Finnish national topics, written by the hand of a talented master, were enthusiastically accepted by his compatriots and aroused a keen interest in Finnish culture in the rest of the world.

For the creative individuality of Sibelius, it is characteristic that the composer, drawing inspiration in folk traditions, almost did not use folklore quotes. Elements of Finnish folk song perform in his music in a creatively developed form. Outside of Finland, Russian musicians were one of the first to appreciate the talent of Sibelius. The spiritual proximity of the ideals was the basis of Sibelius friendship with Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and other outstanding representatives of Russian musical culture.