The music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has always been hugely popular with the public, celebrated for its orchestral opulence, dramatic appeal and lyrical beauty. But critical response was another ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Tchaikovsky has been saved by his sad story. At times when absolute ...

The 21-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays like an old soul. On a new album, he puts his own stamp on lesser-known music by Tchaikovsky. (Bonsook Koo) Sometimes it takes a first-rate ...

Some ensembles have decided not to perform Tchaikovsky’s overture, written as commemoration of Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s army. By Javier C. Hernández With its earsplitting rounds of cannon fire ...

Leading Chinese film director Chen Kaige is poised to shoot historical epic “Swan Song” as his next feature movie. It will focus on 19th century classical music composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky through ...

Back when art-house movies played full-time in art houses, “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” at least on paper, might have seemed a film of middlebrow commercial hooks — the sort of movie that would have slipped ...

Sometimes it takes a first-rate artist to breathe life into a second-rate piece of music. Let's be honest, the set of piano miniatures called The Seasons is not top-shelf Tchaikovsky. Especially if ...

If Pandora and Spotify existed in the time of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, what might be on his playlists? That’s the musical question conductor David Alan Miller is exploring with Sarasota Orchestra’s ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Aliya Mustafina of Russia celebrate winning the gold medal after the Women’s Uneven Bars Final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on ...

Music by another supreme melodist, Tchaikovsky, opens and closes the program: the colour and spectacle of the 1812 Overture, and the turbulent passion of the Fifth Symphony.