

They say that when the wind blows from the bay, the pipes sound like an organ, but today the structure did not make any sounds. So the location of the monument in this picturesque place is quite consistent with the spirit of the composer. Sibelius was very fond of nature, and often said that he drew his inspiration from Finnish landscapes. Sibelius-monumentti, a monument dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean.
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Despite this, the monument became widely known and became the most visited tourist object in the Finnish capital. Download HELSINKI, FINLAND - AUGUST 6: Jean Sibelius Monument in Helsinki.

The project caused negative feedback from the creative community, but the monument was still built, but hidden away from the eyes, in a quiet park. The sculptor Eila Hiltunen immortalized the memory of the great countryman in the form of a 25-ton structure of six hundred silver pipes arranged in a wave-like pattern - this is how the artist's music looked like Sibelius. The monument to the composer in Helsinki was opened in 1967, the year of the tenth anniversary of his death. His creative activity fell during the years of the national revival of the national consciousness of the Finns who were under the yoke of the RussianĮmpire, and the works of Sibelius based on Finnish folklore became a symbol of this period. There is an opinion that Sibelius wrote the music for the Finnish national anthem, and received great popularity among the people for this, but this is not true. After studying in Berlin and Vienna, the composer's first experience was the music for the symphonic poem Kullervo, created based on the Kalevala. Jan Sibelius (1865-1957) was a major Finnish composer, known for his symphonies on folk epic themes. Here is the most famous sculpture of Finland - Sibelius-monumentti. In a standard sightseeing tour of Helsinki, tourists are usually taken first to Sibelius Park in the district of Taka-Töölö.
