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 ...

THE BASICS: Violinist Nikki Chooi plays Behzad Ranjbaran’s Violin Concerto at Kleinhans as JoAnn Falletta also conducts the BPO in Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 and Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila ...

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There was a time, in his twenties, when, if he’d been asked the question "What’s your occupation?" Sibelius would have answered, "Violinist". Having studied the violin from fairly early on, he soon ...

It’s easy to imagine Hilary Hahn having this weekend circled on her calendar. For her lone American concerts of the winter, the renowned violinist is performing Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with a ...

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 ...

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, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This program looked good on paper: an overture rarity, featuring five minutes' worth of Janacek neurasthenia; the great violin concerto ...

Sibelius's solitary concerto is one of the most passionate tests for the violin virtuoso, one to which Maxim Vengerov is more than equal. He captures the work's passion and its occasional quirky ...

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 ...