{"id":5662,"date":"2015-11-06T13:06:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/11\/06\/150-years-from-the-birth-of-finnish-composer-jean-sibelius\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:06:48","slug":"150-years-from-the-birth-of-finnish-composer-jean-sibelius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/11\/06\/150-years-from-the-birth-of-finnish-composer-jean-sibelius\/","title":{"rendered":"150 years from the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_30667\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/64\/Jean_sibelius-2.jpg\/220px-Jean_sibelius-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" height=\"257\" \/><br \/>The  year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Finnish  composer Jean Sibelius. During this jubilee year there are events also  in Athens.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_31755\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">Today at 8.30 pm. there is a concert in Athens  Concert Hall for the 150th anniversary of Nielsen and Sibelius&#8217;s birth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megaron.gr\/default.asp?la=2&amp;pid=5&amp;evID=2850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.megaron.gr\/default.asp?la=2&amp;pid=5&amp;evID=2850<\/a> (At 7:45 p.m. there will be a free introductory talk for ticket-holders)<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_37692\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_31757\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">On November 11 the Finnish Institute at Athens organizes a lecture  by Dr Reima Raijas with theme &#8220;Echoes from The Kalevala in Jean  Sibelius&#8217;s Music&#8221; and on November 12 in  association with the Theocharakis Foundation, the Institute presents a  chamber music concert celebrating Jean Sibelius&#8217;s 150th Anniversary. Invitations are attached. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finninstitute.gr\/events\/echoes-kalevala-jean-sibeliuss-music-lecture-dr-reima-raijas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> http:\/\/www.finninstitute.gr\/events\/echoes-kalevala-jean-sibeliuss-music-lecture-dr-reima-raijas<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_37704\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_37702\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">In collaboration with the Embassy of Finland in Athens the Athens Concert Hall organize on December 3 a concert and a pre-lecture \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megaron.gr\/default.asp?pid=5&amp;la=2&amp;evID=2914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.megaron.gr\/default.asp?pid=5&amp;la=2&amp;evID=2914<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_31758\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_37708\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">Jean Sibelius<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1446811645115_37710\" class=\"yiv4255150871MsoNormal\">Sibelius  (8.12.1865\u201320.9.1957) is far more than the composer of seven  symphonies, a violin concerto, Finlandia and Valse triste \u2013 he also  wrote a wealth of chamber music suitable  for musicians both young and old, songs, and music for different types  of choirs. His tone poems and music for the stage add variety to the  concert programs of symphony orchestras.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Embassy Of Finland In Greece<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Finnish composer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}