Jean Sibelius became a composer only after failing to achieve his dream of playing violin with the Vienna Philharmonic. Instead of becoming a violin star, he composed one of the most treasured pieces ...

Houston Symphony presents Dvorak Violin Concerto & Sibelius 1 live at Jones Hall starting March 3. Renowned Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä interprets music of Finland’s greatest musical export, Jean ...

Renowned Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä interprets music of Finland’s greatest musical export, Jean Sibelius. Full of soaring, majestic melodies, Sibelius’s First Symphony was his most lushly romantic, ...

The young German violinist Julia Fischer is just starting to make a name for herself in the United States. She was on tour this month with the Dresden Philharmonic and conductor Raphael Frubeck de ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It may be premature to call Adès’ Violin Concerto (2005) a repertoire work, but the simultaneous appearance of two ...

The most intensely exciting moments of Thursday night’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert occurred when violinist Hilary Hahn took the stage. For though the Sibelius Violin Concerto ranks among the ...

Jean Sibelius’s sole concerto, in which every note is valuable, according to Ida Haendel, remains among his most popular works. David Gutman surveys recordings reaching back nine decades Lake Keitele, ...

On his new album, the 29-year-old violinist finds connections between two seemingly disparate concertos by Jean Sibelius and Thomas Adès. Looking for a new violinist to fall in love with? Meet ...

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A brilliant performance from a bright young star of the violin. Album of the Weekend, 29-30 March 2014. Intensely virtuosic, the Violin Concerto by Sibelius is both a dramatic and a deeply romantic ...

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s upcoming program, Sibelius Symphony No. 1, will showcase a signature blend of classical and contemporary works, featuring BPO Concertmaster Nikki Chooi performing ...