April 20, 2015
Ossi Rahkonen, President of
Finlandia Foundation National, will be the keynote speaker..
150th Anniversary of the Birth of SibeliusMonday at 8:00 PM
St. John's Church Wisconsin Ave & Bradley Blvd
Chevy Chase, MD
Ossi Rahkonen is the President of the Finlandia
Foundation National (FFC). The local chapter is
Finlandia Foundation CHapter (FFNCC). Ossi will tell
us why Jean Sibelius is important to Finlandia
Foundation in this year of his 150th Anniversary. He
will speak about the number of Sibelius events in the
US in 2015, the number of Sibelius events Finlandia
Foundation National is sponsoring in 2015, and the
number of Sibelius events in the DC Metropolitan
area in 2015. There will be a video about the early
years of Sibelius which will show us why his music
played such an important role for Finland. We will
hear the Sibelius Symphony #5, conducted by Esa Pekka
Salonen and learn why it is important in 2015.