In 1939, the Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation organised a competition for sculptors to design a work that depicted a scene from Finland's national epic The Kalevala, which would be erected in the park. A work with a similar concept, also designed by Hiltunen, is located at the grounds of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. Hiltunen's aim was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius.Ī smaller version of the monument, Homage to Sibelius, is located at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The monument weighs 24 tonnes (24 long tons 26 short tons) and measures 8.5 by 10.5 by 6.5 metres (28 ft × 34 ft × 21 ft).
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It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern. Hiltunen addressed her critics by adding the face of Sibelius which sits beside the main sculpture. Originally it sparked a lively debate about the merits and flaws of abstract art and although the design looked like stylised organ pipes it was known that the composer had created little music for organs. The competition took two rounds after one early winner was abandoned. The sculpture won a competition, organised by the Sibelius Society, following the composer's death in 1957.
The monument is a sculpture by Finnish artist Eila Hiltunen titled Passio Musicae and was unveiled on 7 September 1967. The monument is located in Sibelius Park ( Finnish: Sibeliuspuisto Swedish: Sibeliusparken) in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. The Sibelius Monument ( Finnish: Sibelius-monumentti Swedish: Sibeliusmonumentet) by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). Sculpture and memorial in Helsinki, Finland
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