Visits to two of the world’s leading classical music festivals form the bedrock of Classical Live this week: the Edinburgh ...

Even if you aren’t a classical music fan or actively listen to Tchaikovsky’s music, you’ve absolutely heard his compositions. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky really made a name for himself in his shortened ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Alexander II, 'the Liberator', succeeded to the Imperial throne of Russia in ...

It also launches high expectations, given that Gergiev was also the competition’s chairman, and this year more than any the Russians were anxious to show that only talent had won prizes, not the ...

Henri Dutilleux's mature orchestral output can be squeezed onto a handful of CDs, so this anthology of early works plugs a useful gap. Extracts from the 1953 ballet Le Loup have been recorded before, ...

"Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," "1812 Overture," and the Piano Concerto No. 1—.Tchaikovsky left behind masterpieces that are ...

Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the history of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players, and authored The NPR Classical Music Companion.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including music at a fraught moment in the Kennedy Center’s history and a passing delight in Tchaikovsky.

All of the pieces mentioned in this article can be found in this spotify playlist, for easier navigation. “Little by little my prejudices against classical music began to fade away ... It came as a ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule The spectre of cholera hung over Tchaikovsky's life from his earliest ...