Sibelius Software wins Queen's Award for Innovation

Sibelius Software Ltd (Sibelius), one of the world's leading music software companies whose products are used and endorsed by the likes of Jamie Cullum, has won the prestigious Queen's Award for Innovation.

Colonel Brian Kay presents Ben Finn, Jonathan Finn and Jeremy Silver
with the Queen's Award for Innovation at the Sibelius offices

Sibelius has revolutionised the way music is composed, transcribed and published through its pioneering technology, which removes the need for pen and ink and allows the user to write compositions directly into a PC.

It is used extensively in the music industry by acclaimed musicians such as Björk, Andy Summers, George Martin and the late Ray Charles and has been influential in the production of film and television scores including Bridget Jones, Notting Hill, James Bond and Band of Brothers.

Since its founding in 1993 Sibelius has become the global industry standard for aiding and enhancing the teaching of music composition from beginners to degree level and enabling teachers of all musical levels to fulfil curriculum requirements in over 50% of UK schools.

Recent innovations in Sibelius's software products have included an internet version allowing musicians at different locations to collaborate on joint compositions and playback facilities enabling compositions to be heard on a variety of simulated instruments.

Jeremy Silver, CEO, Sibelius commented:

“We're thrilled to have won The Queen's Award. It's a huge surprise and a great honour. Innovation is a central part of what we do. More than anything else, our objective is to create technology that gets out of the way, letting people get on with the really important work of teaching, learning and being creative whether it's the professional composer or the musical beginner.”

Enquiries

Jeremy Silver,CEO Sibelius 020 7561 7880

Anita Scott / James Olley Brunswick 020 7404 5959

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About Sibelius Software Ltd (Sibelius)

• Sibelius is the world's market leader in music notation software.
• Sibelius was founded in 1993 by Ben and Jonathan Finn to sell music notation software for the Acorn computer. The Sibelius notation software was released for Windows and Mac in 1998/99.
• Since then the Sibelius Group has developed 11 music products for the professional , educational and home user , ranging from Internet publishing to guitar software.
• Sibelius has customers in over 100 countries.
• Sibelius is used in 50% of schools in the UK , Australia and New Zealand.
• Sibelius is endorsed by the Royal Academy of Music and is used by all the major music academies and colleges: The Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Kings College Cambridge, The Julliard School, Berklee School of Music, The Sibelius Academy in Finland , The Royal College of Music in Stockholm
• The world's leading music publishers Faber Music Ltd and Hal Leonard all use Sibelius technology
• Sibelius is headquartered in London, UK, with its US subsidiary Sibelius USA Inc in California.

Web site: www.sibelius.com

Queen's Award web site: www.queensawards.org.uk