Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose work would make a lasting impression internationally, with Swan ...

New recordings of seldom-heard music by one Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, as familiar a composer as could be, say, no. Tchaikovsky has long been a victim of his own success. Who could imagine ballet music ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out.. T he 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—still popular today for such ...

After about six decades as a musician, violinist Leonid Polonsky will finally perform the only piano trio composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The 71-year-old associate concertmaster of the Colum… ...

Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 170th birthday inspires a special Google homepage and well-wishes from the Twittersphere.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (born May 7, 1840; died November 6, 1893) is the most popular of all Russian composers, his music combining some nationalist elements with a more cosmopolitan view, but it is ...

In the summer of 1888, Tchaikovsky wrote one of his many letters to her, in which he commented, "I don’t know if I have already written that I have decided to write a symphony. At first progress was ...

It’s impossible to imagine the Christmas season without “The Nutcracker,” a beloved ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Written in 1892, this two-act classical ballet remains a symbol of the ...

One of the peskier questions in the classical music world: Does lesser-known mean lesser? In short: Is repertory obscurity deserved, or in any case earned? New recordings of seldom-heard music by one ...