Sibbe Live!: Sibelius and Italian colleagues

25.02.2026 19:00 – 20:15

Standard price 20€ +order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

Pensioner/student/child 15€ +order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

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Tickets available for purchase at the museum's ticket desk from 21 February 2026 onwards.

Sibelius and his Italian colleagues is a concert lecture presented by pianist Folke Gräsbeck on February 25, 2026, at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. Many people are interested in which colleagues Sibelius actually met during his lifetime. Of the Italian composers, we know that he at least had the opportunity to meet Pietro Mascagni and Ottorino Respighi.

We are pleased to present the Italian violist Giulia Ermirio. After the death of her father, Federico Ermirio (1950–2022), Giulia Ermirio has continued as artistic director of the North Italian Sibelius Festival Golfo del Tigullio e Riviera. Her father Federico founded the festival in 2015 in connection with the 150th anniversary of Sibelius’s birth. Giulia Ermirio, together with baritone Petri Kirkkomäki and Folke Gräsbeck, will perform music by Paolo Tosti, Ottorino Respighi, and Pietro Mascagni – as well as by Sibelius. Giulia Ermirio will also speak about her father’s work as a composer.