Jean Sibelius was a composer. Finlandia and the symphonies are the public music, and Ainola, the house at Järvenpää, is the place of the long later silence and the photographed old age. He died at Ainola in 1957. The house and the scores are the page.
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Jean Sibelius kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Fotografie
Paul Heckscher · Public domain
Fotografie
Aarne Pietinen Oy · CC BY 4.0
Fotografie
Aarne Pietinen Oy · CC BY 4.0
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Paul
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Daniel
Videoclipuri
A piece played at home
A sample film for Jean Sibelius. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Jean Sibelius.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Hämeenlinna
Jean Sibelius was born in Hämeenlinna.
Cronologie
Finlandia
He wrote the music that became Finlandia, first heard as part of a set of press-celebration pieces.
Cronologie
Ainola
He moved to Ainola, the house at Järvenpää where he lived for the rest of his life.
Cronologie
Died at Ainola
He died at Ainola.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Jean Sibelius. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1865
1899
1904
1957