Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky's famed 1812 Overture was first performed, outdoors, at the base of the majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. His beloved ballet, the Nutcracker, was introduced ...

It's among the most popular works in the entire classical repertoire, a favourite of concert pianists headlining with symphony orchestras the world over. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto in B-flat Minor, ...

THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts the first of a two-weekend Tchaikovsky Festival (Part 2 will be Feb. 21-22). Tonight’s concert (this Saturday ...

Pianist Natasha Paremski says she has trouble keeping Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in hand.

Alexander Tutunov will join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a concert that will bring the ...

When Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina stood on the podium to celebrate her gold medal in shooting at the Tokyo Games, somewhere composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was smiling. True, the famed Russian ...

Tchaikovsky composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 during an intensive period of composition at the end of 1874, with the orchestrations then written in the February of the following year. However, after ...

To start the Masterworks season, Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero and Sarasota Orchestra join the great pianist in tackling ...

Pianist Denis Matsuev may be one of the world's best pianists to interpret the music of Tchaikovsky, but his ear for Rachmaninoff is just as impressive. Russian pianist Denis Matsuev won the 11th ...

Winner of the People’s Choice award and overall 2nd prizewinner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, Rem Urasin’s brilliant performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto catapulted ...

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