 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kajanus akanga ane pesvedzero inokosha pakufambira mberi kwebasa raJean Sibelius. Iye aionekwa somunhu ane simba pamusoro pekududzirwa kwemimhanzi yaSibelius, uye iye naSibelius vaiva shamwari dzepedyo; asi izvi zvakavhiringidzwa muna 1898 apo Sibelius akagadzwa kunzvimbo yeyunivhesiti iyo Kajanus pachake akanga ari mukwikwidzi. Kajanus akakwidza nyaya yacho, uye mutongo wacho wakabviswa. Asi vakazobatanazve nokuda kworwendo rweorchestra rwokuEurope muna 1900, apo vakaoneka paExposition Universellepakukoka kwehurumende yeFrance. Kullervo, rwiyo rukuru rwaSibelius, rwakanyorwa mumutsara wenhetembo yaKajanus Aino kunyange zvazvo Sibelius akaramba chero simba ripi zvaro remufananidzo uyu pabasa rake pachake. Mukuwedzera, somutungamiriri, Kajanus akanga ane mutoro wokuraira rimwe remabasa aSibelius akakurumbira zvikuru uye asingaperi, En Saga, pashure pokubudirira kweKullervo. Mwanasikana waPohjola akatsaurirwa kuna Kajanus. Apo Kajanus akatora Helsinki Orchestra parwendo rweEurope muna 1900 vose vari vaviri iye naSibelius vakatungamirira, kubatanidza izvo zvakabvumikisa kuva zviito zvokutanga zvemimhanzi yaSibelius kunze kweFinland. Ikoku kwakasimbisa kupararira kwomukurumbira womuimbi muduku kure nemiganhu yenyika yokumusha kwake, muimbi wokutanga weFinland kugamuchira ngwariro yakadaro. 