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Sibelius Software is a software business and a part of Avid Technology that develops and sells music notation and music education software.
The company was named after the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and was founded in April 1993 by twins Ben and Jonathan Finn to sell the Sibelius notation program. In addition to its head office in Cambridge and subsequently London, Sibelius Software opened offices in the US, Australia and Japan, with distributors and dealers in many other countries worldwide.
In August 2006 the company was acquired by Avid, to become part of its Digidesign division, which also manufactures the leading digital audio workstation Pro Tools.
In July 2012, Avid announced plans to divest its consumer businesses, closed the Sibelius London office, and laid off the original development team, despite extensive protests on Facebook and elsewhere. Avid said it is still committed to Sibelius, and after recruiting some new programmers later released a minor version update Sibelius 7.5.
The company has won numerous awards, including the Queen's Award for Innovation in 2005.
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