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Jean Sibelius

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen and Pekka Kuusisto, side by side. Both wears dark jackets and have short, blonde hair.
    The BSO Performs Sibelius, with Salonen and Kuusisto
    Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, with Finnish compatriot Pekka Kuusisto, and the same composer’sSymphony No. 5.
  • A display of the three artists in beiges and pinks. Benjamin Grosvenor sits outside in a dark coat, leaning forward and looking up at the camera. Ross Jamie Collins straightens the collar of his white button down and smiles, looking off to the right of frame. Na'Zir McFadden poses in front of a beige backdrop in a turtleneck and suit jacket, holding his baton. He smiles widely and looks off to the right of frame.
    The Boston Symphony and Music of Scandinavia
    Music Director Andris Nelsons shares a program with conductors Ross Jamie Collins and Na’Zir McFadden featuring works by Sibelius and Grieg, with piano soloist Benjamin Grosvenor.
  • A collage of John Storgårds and Pekka Kuusisto. Storgårds (left) stands in a teal room and leans against a wall. He wears a black suit and black shirt. He has brown hair that fades to gray and gray stubble on his face. He looks at the camera with his dark brown eyes and smiles softly. Kuusisto (right) stands in a dark pink room holding his violin. He wears an oversized black t-shirt and round, clear glasses. He has short blond hair and stands with his eyes closed, listening to whatever he's plucking on his violin. The center of the collage blends the teal and dark pink in a way that mimics the northern lights.
    Kuusisto Plays Nielsen with Storgårds and the BSO
    In an encore broadcast of the first program of the Boston Symphony's "Music of the Midnight Sun" festival, Pekka Kuusisto is the soloist in Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto, and John Storgårds conducts music by Sibelius and Tarkiainen.
  • Dalia Stasevska wears blue and red robes and leans her head against her head. She has long, wavy,light brown hair and brown eyes. Leila Josefowicz wears a black shirt and a gold chain, and her ear is decorated with many shiny hoops and studs. She has brown eyes and long, light brown hair that is being blown back behind her. Both musicians look at the camera and smile.
    Stasevska Conducts Sibelius & Stravinsky at Tanglewood
    In her Boston Symphony debut, conductor Dalia Stasevska leads a program that includes Sibelius’s Canzonetta and Symphony No. 5, as well as Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Leila Josefowicz, on demand.
  • Will Liverman wears a rust colored suit and a long black tie. Yefim Bronfman wears a black suit and bowtie. Edwin Barker wears concert black and holds the neck of his bass.
    Nelsons, the BSO, and Koussevitzky at Tanglewood
    In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Serge Koussevitzky, Andris Nelsons leads a concert that includes Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto, with soloist Edwin Barker, as well as spectacular works by Steven Mackey, Sibelius, and Scriabin.
  • People crowd the lawn at the Koussevitzky Music Shed to enjoy the music and watch Andris Nelsons conduct the BSO on a large screen.
    Debussy, Sibelius, and More, from Tanglewood
    On WCRB In Concert with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Debussy's "La Mer" and Dima Slobodeniouk leads the TMCO in Sibelius's Second Symphony, part of a program of highlights from the summer of 2023 in the Berkshires.
  • Diana stands in front of a stone wall, holding her violin and looking at the camera. She has long, wavy brown hair, and she wears a white shirt with pink, gold, and green watercolor flowers on it.
    Adamyan's Celebrity Series Debut
    On WCRB In Concert with Celebrity Series of Boston, Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan brings a warm lyricism and astonishing technique to works by Mozart, Sibelius, Baghdasaryan, and Saint-Saëns.
  • Golda Schultz (left) leans on one elbow and smiles at the camera, and Anne-Sophie Mutter (right) faces right and plays her violin
    A Tribute to Sibelius, with Mutter, Schultz, and the BSO
    In an encore broadcast, Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Thomas Adès’s "Air," a work inspired by Sibelius. Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Sibelius’s "Luonnotar," with soprano Golda Schultz, and in his Symphony No. 5.
  • Lisa Batiashvili
    Batiashvili, Sibelius, and the BSO
    Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, and Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in William Grant Still's tribute to the Finnish composer, as well as a Symphonic Fantasy on Richard Strauss's opera "The Woman Without a Shadow," in an encore broadcast on CRB.
  • Anna Rakitina and pianist Alexandre Kantorow
    Tchaikovsky, Reid, and Sibelius, with Rakitina and the BSO
    The BSO Assistant Conductor conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an encore broadcast featuring a modern work by American composer Ellen Reid and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7, and pianist Alexandre Kantorow makes his BSO debut as the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2.