June 1919

June 1919

The Nordic Music Days in Copenhagen

Route

Helsinki (train) – Turku (boat) –Stockholm- (train) – Helsingborg (ferry) – Elsinore (train) – Copenhagen Return along the same route.

Accommodation

Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen

Sibelius, who had just shaved his head, travelled to the Music Days accompanied by Aino. He conducted his second symphony and met Carl Nielsen and other composers.

The Nordic Music Days
in Copenhagen 1919. In the back row Johan Halvorsen, Robert Kajanus, Georg Høeberg, Jean Sibelius and Frederik Schnedler-Petersen. In the front row: Wilhelm Stenhammar, Karin Bronzell, Erkki Melartin and Carl Nielsen.