The most famous monument to the Finnish composer Sibelius, opened in Helsinki in 1969, 10 years after his death, is a composition of a series of steel pipes welded in a undulating pattern. The author of the monument was the Finnish sculpture Ayla Hiltunen, who in her creation tried to reflect the essence of Sibelius' music. In its form, the monument resembles the organ pipes, arranged in such a way that, with a particular wind blow, especially "sensitive" natures should hear the most famous sketches of the composer.
Near the monument there is a sculptural portrait of Sibelius, and the whole composition is set in a picturesque park, also bearing his name.
A miniature version of the Helsinki monument Sibelius is located in UNESCO headquarters in Paris, and the work of Hiltunen, conceptually similar to the Finnish monument to Sibelius, is also on the premises of the UN headquarters in New York.
