Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a famous Russian composer of symphony, opera, ballet, instrumental, chamber and song is celebrating his 170th birthday today and Google has a special logo up for it.

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our Independence Day, as integral as fireworks and the flag.

Students at a prestigious Ukrainian music conservatory have pushed to remove the name of renowned Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from their academy’s name, saying it “spits” on ...

Over the past 145 years, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” has been used to celebrate July 4th, sell cereal and astound movie audiences. It’s been sampled and spoofed, with ...

The 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—still popular today for such works as The Nutcracker and the 1812 Overture —was not a happy man.

Tchaikovsky was a fun-loving man with a Monty Python-style sense of humour, his biographer has said. Simon Morrison, a musicologist, said he had uncovered a new side to Tchaikovsky after studying ...

Today is Sunday, May 7, the 127th day of 2006 with 238 to follow. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, pronounced ( listen); 7 May 1840 – 6 November ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Valery Gergiev) (2012). Explore cast details and learn ...

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could make another movie about 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that’s as febrile and virtuosic as Ken Russell’s “The Music Lovers ...

With Ken Russell’s madly over-the-top The Music Lovers reassuringly tucked in dusty attic corners after 52 years, a fresh and notably inspired take on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s fraught ...