Jean Sibelius was born into a middle class family in a small country town in Finland.
He was encouraged in developing his musical talent but he was fifteen before it began to really interest him.
At first he wanted to be a violinist but soon turned to composing.
By his early twenties he had already mastered his craft and he went on to produce a wonderful and very individual range of orchestral music, leaving him as one of the giants of early twentieth century music.
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