Composer
Jean Sibelius
About
Jean (Johan Julius Christian) Sibelius was born at Hämeenlinna (Tavestehus in Swedish), Finland, on December 8, 1865, and died at Järvenpää, at his country home near Helsingfors (Helsinki), on September 20, 1957. He took the gallicized form of his first name in emulation of an uncle.
