Sibelius Academy
The Sibelius Academy (Finnish: Sibelius-Akatemia, Swedish: Sibelius-Akademin) is a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland.[3] It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1,700[2] enrolled students. It was founded in 1882 as Helsingfors musikinstitut ("Helsinki Music Institute") and was renamed Sibelius-Akatemia in 1939[1] to honour its own former student and Finland's most celebrated composer Jean Sibelius.
The Sibelius Academy is one of the organizers of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition held every five years in Helsinki.[4]
Degrees
The primary degree at the Sibelius Academy is the Master of Music (MMus) degree. The school also offers postgraduate degrees with artistic and research options. The postgraduate degrees are the Licentiate of Arts in Music Lic.A. (Mus.) and the doctoral degree of Doctor of Arts in Music D.A. (Mus.)
Degree programmes
The Academy offers the following degree programmes:[5]
- Degree Programme in Church Music
- Degree Programme in Composition and Music Theory
- Degree Programme in Folk Music
- Degree Programme in Jazz Music
- Degree Programme in Orchestral and Choral Conducting
- Degree Programme in Music Education
- Degree Programme in Music Technology
- Degree Programme in Music Performance
- Degree Programme in Vocal Music
Notable students and faculty (past and present)
- Jean Sibelius, composer[1]
- Juhani Aaltonen, Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist
- Kim Borg, bass
- Linda Brava, violinist
- Victor Chestopal, pianist
- Leo Funtek (1885–1965), violinist, conductor, arranger and music professor
- Tuomas Holopainen, pianist and songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish
- Soile Isokoski, soprano[6]
- Sari Kaasinen, folk musician
- Perttu Kivilaakso, cellist in the band Apocalyptica
- Pekka Kostiainen, composer and choral conductor
- Kari Kriikku, clarinetist
- Matias Kupiainen, lead guitarist of the band Stratovarius
- Pekka Kuusisto, violinist
- Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
- Max Lilja, cellist in the band Hevein and founding member of Apocalyptica
- Magnus Lindberg, composer[7]
- Paavo Lötjönen, cellist in the band Apocalyptica
- Antero Manninen, cellist in the band Apocalyptica and cellist in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, composer
- Karita Mattila, soprano[6]
- Olli Mustonen, pianist[6]
- Sasha Mäkilä, assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra
- Arto Noras, student of Paul Tortelier
- Sakari Oramo, the conductor of The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra[8]
- Mikko Paananen, known as Mige, bassist of the band HIM
- Jorma Panula, conductor, composer and teacher
- Martti Pokela, founder of the folk music department and former professor of the kantele[9]
- Aku Raski aka Huoratron, electro house and chiptune composer
- Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer
- Martti Rousi, cello teacher
- Kaija Saariaho, composer[6]
- David Searle, orchestral conductor of The Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra[10]
- Arja Saijonmaa, singer
- Aulis Sallinen, composer[11]
- Matti Salminen, bass[6]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, the conductor of the LA Philharmonic[6]
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste, former conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra[8]
- Soila Sariola, singer of the double platinum awarded and multiple gold winning vocal ensemble Rajaton[12]
- Leif Segerstam, conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic
- Antti Siirala, winner of the Dublin, Leeds, and Beethoven international piano competitions
- Eicca Toppinen, cellist in the band Apocalyptica
- Tarja Turunen, soprano former singer of the symphonic metal band Nightwish
- Paula Vesala, singer of PMMP[13]
- Osmo Vänskä, conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra[6]
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1 Has at least one campus outside Uusimaa.
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