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Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer, born on December 8, 1865, in Hämeenlinna, Finland, and he passed away on September 20, 1957, at his home Ainola in Järvenpää, Finland. He is recognized as the national composer of Finland, with a core body of work that includes seven symphonies. Among his most famous compositions are "Finlandia," "Valse Triste," the "Karelia Suite," and "The Swan of Tuonela," which is part of the Lemminkäinen Suite. Sibelius also created works inspired by the Kalevala, over 100 songs for voice and piano, incidental music for 13 plays, the opera "Jungfrun i tornet" (The Maiden in the Tower), as well as chamber music, piano music, and choral music. Sibelius was prolific until the mid-1920s, after which he ceased producing large-scale works for the next thirty years. His last instrumental piece, "Surusoitto" for organ (op. 111b), was composed in 1931 for the funeral of a friend. Although he is known to have stopped composing, he made attempts to write an eighth symphony. He was married to Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt) for 65 years, and they lived at Ainola near Lake Tuusula, where they raised six daughters. Today, their home is

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