The Sixth International Jean Sibelius Conference will be organized by the Sibelius Birth Town Foundation in Hämeenlinna, Finland on 4th–8th December 2015. The 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius will be celebrated in Finland and all over the world during the course of the year. The organizing committee is pleased to invite all friends of Sibelius’s music to Hämeenlinna, ‘the World Capital of Sibelius’.
The call for papers may be downloaded here:
I will be on a research leave in the spring of 2016, with the aim of conducting research on performing the songs of Jean Sibelius. I am interested in attending the 6th annual conference in Hämeenlinna in December of 2015.
Thank you,
Kathleen Roland-Silverstein
Assistant professor, Setnor School of Music
Syracuse University, Syracuse
New York, USA 13066