Sibelius,Jean is the greatest composer and conductor born in Finland. After my father was a doctor and my mother was a noble family, there was a strong atmosphere of family music and art. Although sibelius is Finnish, he is of Swedish descent. The main reason is that his ancestors were mixed with Swedish descent because of marriage, and his mother's family has more Swedish descent than his father's.

I began to learn piano at the age of nine, and received violin training at the age of fifteen, and began to study music theory by myself and try to compose music. Because he plays the violin quite well, he once hoped to become a violinist. However, at the age of 19, in order to obey his family's wishes, he entered the University of Helsinki to study law, but at the same time he also took violin and composition as elective courses in the Conservatory. The following winter, because of his growing love for music, he decided to give up the law and concentrate on music, so he transferred to the Conservatory of Music. After leaving school, sibelius received a government scholarship at the end of that year, so that he could go to Berlin Conservatory for further study, and a year later he went to Vienna to study with Goldmark and Fox. Under the guidance of Goldmark, sibelius's orchestral method has made great progress, but his unique orchestral style was gradually established after returning to China.

In p>189, Finland was oppressed by Russian tyranny, and a wave of patriotism and anti-violence was launched all over the country. After sibelius returned to China in 1891, he was naturally deeply influenced by the patriotic spirit of his compatriots. Therefore, based on the Finnish epic Kalevara, he wrote a piece of music Kulev, which was played by soloists, choruses and orchestras and premiered in Helsinki in April 1892. Although the creative techniques used in the song are not mature enough, it has shown sibelius's unique temperament and his deep love for nature and national myths. In the same year, 27-year-old sibelius married Miss Aino Yanija, a famous Finnish art family. In the same year, he was invited by Finnish conductor Kayanus to write a novel symphony legend, and the publication of this symphony began to attract the attention of international music circles.

In p>1893, he was recruited to return to his alma mater as a music theory teacher, and completed the Karelia Suite that year. From then on to 1897, he successively wrote many piano pieces, songs and choruses, such as the orchestral suite Song of Spring, four symphonic poems and the legend of Lei Minkailian. Because of his outstanding performance over the years, the Finnish government decided in 1897 to award him an annuity of every 2, marks, so that he could engage in composition without worries.

In p>1899, Finnish symphonic poem was completed. Because of its power to inspire the patriotic sentiments of the Finnish people, it was banned during the Russian rule. However, outside Finland, many countries in the world kept putting it into the concert repertoire. Finnish Song has attracted the attention of the world to Finland's anti-violence movement and promoted Finland's independence, so it is of great significance to the times. In the same year, sibelius also completed Symphony No.1 and took the first step to become an important symphony composer.

sibelius premiered the second symphony in Helsinki in p>192, and completed the only violin concerto in 193. This work is one of the most important masterpieces of violin concerto in this century, but the first performance was not good, mainly because the audience thought the first movement was too lengthy, so sibelius made several amendments to this piece in 195, and the revised version is currently in circulation.

In p>193, he completed the orchestral music "Sorrow Waltz", which was originally one of his plays for the drama death, and now it has also become one of sibelius's most frequently performed works in concerts.

The daughter of Northland who completed the symphonic poem in p>196, personally conducted the premiere of Symphony No.3 in 197. In the same year, the symphonic poem Night Ride and Sunrise was completed, and the timbre and smooth melody presented by this song often left a deep impression on the audience. Symphony No.4 was published in 1911, and the writing style changed greatly. In this piece, sibelius adopts many bold and innovative techniques, which makes the music full of novel ideas. In addition, this piece shows a very concentrated chamber music style because it uses fewer musical instruments than previous works. Symphony No.4 is an important milestone in his personal creative career and the development of symphony music form.

In p>1914, he visited the United States and was warmly welcomed. He conducted and performed his own works at Norfolk Music Festival, including Finnish Song, Daughter of the Northland, the orchestral suite Christian II, and the impressionist symphonic poem Goddess of the Sea specially written for this music festival. After the music festival, Yale University awarded sibelius an honorary doctorate. After returning from the United States, sibelius began to write the Fifth Symphony. At this time, because of the European War, guns often interrupted his work, so this work was not completed until the next autumn, and it premiered at the special celebration concert in Helsinki on December 8 of that year.

in p>1923, he presented the sixth symphony. In 1924, Symphony No.7 with only one single movement was completed. Although the Seventh Symphony has only one movement, sibelius skillfully weaves the elements of the four movements of the traditional symphony into it, so some critics think that it is the most distinctive symphony of sibelius and the most noble and immortal masterpiece of his symphonies.

In p>1925, he was entrusted by the new york Philharmonic Orchestra to write the symphonic poem Biora, and at the invitation of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, he also wrote drama music for the dramatic storm. After the completion of these two works, sibelius seldom wrote again. Since 1929 until his death, no new works have been published. Although he will not write music for nearly 3 years in the second half of his life, his lofty position in the eyes of the Finnish people has not been reduced. When he was seventy years old, the Finnish government specially designated his birthday as a national holiday, and when he passed his seventy-fifth, eighty-fifth, eighty-fifth and ninetieth birthdays, the Finnish government also held grand birthday celebrations for him respectively to show his great respect for the music world. On September 29th, 1957, he died in his villa in Jiawenpa at the age of 92.

Up to now, during the Baroque period, among the Scandinavian countries in northern Europe, only Grieg in Norway and sibelius in Finland are the most familiar countries. Greg is good at lyric and writing small forms of music, while sibelius is famous for his strong and magnificent large orchestral music. Some commentators even think that sibelius is the most outstanding symphony composer after Beethoven and Brahms, so although Greg and sibelius are also the most famous composers in the Nordic countries, their music is actually quite different. Debussy once said: Greg's music is like "pink fudge wrapped in snow", but sibelius is different. His music has no comfortable comfort during the snowflake dancing, no pleasant gorgeous scenery on the beautiful ice pond, and no narcissism immersed in the joy of Christmas. Only the harsh voice and cruel reality in the ice and snow, the forest covered with snow and the ruthless storm trying to ruin everything present the desolate scenery in northern Europe and depict the wasteland of human mind.