Sibelius Software
Sibelius is the world market leader in software for writing, teaching and publishing music. It specializes in creating and distributing innovative, high-quality software that is easy to use. With products for composition, coursework, testing, reference, playback, publishing, authoring and e-commerce, Sibelius covers every aspect of music.
Sibelius has hundreds of thousands of users in 100 countries, including famous musicians, schools, universities, teachers, students, professionals and amateurs.
It is headquartered in London, with subsidiaries in California and Australia, and more than 80 employees worldwide.
History
| 1986 | Founders Jonathan & Ben Finn start designing original Sibelius 7 program for Acorn computers |
| 1993 | Sibelius Software founded to sell Sibelius 7 and related computer hardware/software in the UK. Early customers include Europe’s largest publisher Music Sales, choral composer John Rutter, and the Royal Academy of Music. Sibelius 6 (educational version) launched |
| 1994 | Distribution in Europe, Australia & New Zealand commences. Sibelius 7 Student (educational version) launched |
| 1995 | German versions of Sibelius launched |
| 1996 | US office opened. Junior Sibelius (primary school program) launched |
| 1998 | Sibelius for Windows launched worldwide. Company ceases selling hardware to concentrate on core software business |
| 1999 | Sibelius for Mac, PhotoScore and Scorch launched. Sibelius forms US subsidiary, creating the Sibelius Group, which now has 25 employees. Quester VCT invests |
| 2000 | Sibelius Internet Edition launched, and is adopted for Internet publishing by leading European publishers Music Sales and Boosey & Hawkes. SibeliusMusic.com and Sibelius Notes (initially called Teaching Tools) launched |
| 2001 | World’s largest sheet music publisher Hal Leonard also adopts Sibelius Internet Edition. Sibelius Group reaches 50 employees |
| 2002 | Sibelius is first major music program for Mac OS X. Sibelius Group acquires music software company MIDIworks |
| 2003 | Revenues beat competitor MakeMusic Inc by 20%, confirming Sibelius as world market leader. Starclass, Instruments, G7 and G7music.net launched. Sibelius Group commences distributing Musition and Auralia. Sibelius in Japanese launched, distributed by Yamaha |
| 2004 | Compass, Kontakt Gold, Sibelius Student Edition, Sibelius in French & Spanish launched. Sibelius Group acquires SequenceXtra. Sibelius software now used in more than 50% of UK secondary schools |
| 2005 | Australian subsidiary formed. Sibelius Group reaches 75 employees. Wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation. |
| 2006 | Sibelius becomes part of Digidesign, the audio division of Avid Technology Inc. |
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