Sibelius Academy

Sibelius Academy
founding	1882
Sponsorship	state
place	Helsinki , Kuopio
country	Finland
Rector	Jari Perkiömäki
Students	1935
Website	www.siba.fi

The Sibelius Academy in central Helsinki

The Sibelius Academy ( Finnish Sibelius Akatemia, Sw. Sibelius Academy ) in Helsinki and Kuopio was the only music academy in Finland and, as Scandinavia's largest music academy, was one of the leading institutes in Europe . It was founded in 1882 by Martin Wegelius as Helsingfors musikinstitut ("Helsinki Music School") and named in 1939 after the famous Finnish composer and father of Finnish music Jean Sibelius . Sibelius himself taught there from 1890–92.

In early 2013, the Sibelius Academy merged with the Art Academy in Helsinki and the Theater Academy Helsinki to University of the Arts Helsinki .

Degrees

• Bachelor of Music (BMus)
• Master of Music (MMus)
• Licentiate of Music (LMus)
• Doctor of Music (DMus)

Departments

• Department of Folk Music
• Department of Jazz
• Department of Music Education
• Department of Music Technology
• DocMus (Department for Doctoral Studies in Music Performance and Research)
• Department of Orchestral Instruments
• Department of Piano Music
• Department of Vocal Music
• Department of Church Music
• Department of Composition and Music Theory
• Kuopio Department (linked to the Department of Church Music)

Famous teachers and graduates of the Sibelius Academy

• Petri Aarnio (violinist and music teacher)
• Paavo Berglund (violinist and conductor)
• Linda Brava (violinist)
• Hermann Csillag (violinist)
• France Ellegaard (pianist)
• Holger Fransman (horn player)
• Mathias Fuchs (artist and media theorist)
• Markus Hohti (cellist)
• Kristiina Ilmonen ( folk musician )
• Soile Isokoski (soprano)
• Sari Kaasinen (folk singer)
• Kalevi Kiviniemi (organist)
• Perttu Kivilaakso (cellist in the band Apocalyptica )
• Pekka Kuusisto (violinist)
• Helvi Leiviskä (composer)
• Pauliina Lerche (folk musician)
• Max Lilja (cellist in the band Hevein and founding member of the band Apocalyptica )
• Magnus Lindberg (composer)
• Paavo Lötjönen (cellist in the band Apocalyptica )
• Antero Manninen (cellist in the band Apocalyptica and cellist in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Karita Mattila (soprano)
• Elina Mustonen (harpsichordist)
• Olli Mustonen (pianist)
• Sasha Mäkilä (conductor)
• Arto Noras (former student of Paul Tortelier )
• Kalevi Olli (opera singer, composer and conductor)
• Sakari Oramo (conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
• Jorma Panula (conductor, composer and teacher)
• Martti Pokela (founder of the Folk Department and former professor of kantele )
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (composer)
• Martti Rousi (professor for violoncello)
• Kaija Saariaho (composer)
• Arja Saijonmaa (singer)
• Aulis Sallinen (composer)
• Matti Salminen (bass)
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra )
• Jukka-Pekka Saraste (former conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra )
• Soila Sariola (singer of the Rajaton ensemble )
• Leif Segerstam (conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Jean Sibelius (composer)
• Antti Siirala (pianist)
• Heikki Siukola (tenor)
• Erik T. Tawaststjerna (pianist)
• Eicca Toppinen (cellist in the band Apocalyptica )
• Tarja Turunen (former singer of the symphonic metal band Nightwish )
• Paula Vesala (singer of the band PMMP )
• Osmo Vänskä (conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra )
• Martin Wegelius

Awards

In 2010 the Sibelius Academy received the Johanna Dürmüller-Bol Young Classic Award from the Fondation Johanna Dürmüller-Bol at the Interlaken Classics .

Web links

Commons : Sibelius Academy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sibelius Academy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.uniarts.fi/en/about-us
2. ↑ https://www.uniarts.fi/en/about-us
3. ↑ Happening Now (accessed January 27, 2013)
4. ↑ Interlaken Classics (accessed September 1, 2010)

Coordinates: 60 ° 10 ′ 18 ″  N , 24 ° 55 ′ 56 ″  E