Tchaikovsky's marriage to Antonina Milyukova was a disaster, with the composer repressing his homosexuality and finding his wife to be 'absolutely repulsive' ...

Tchaikovsky's father was a successful mining engineer while his mother was the artistic, sensitive one, French by birth, and a good linguist. Pyotr was the second of her six children. He had a good ...

For his November work, Tchaikovsky chose to introduce listeners to a serene evening. A troika sits beneath falling snow, ...

For many of us, the holiday season just doesn’t feel right without the magical music of The Nutcracker. Composed by Pyotr ...

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.

Anybody with a child who has ever studied ballet is inevitably in a close, intimate relationship with Tchaikovsky – born on 7 May 1840. Maybe too close. Inevitably this connection centres on the music ...

A new book claims that the Russian composer is not the tormented genius he is portrayed as, but a fun-loving man with ‘a fabulous life’ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has long been portrayed as a ...

Classical composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) is well-known for his Christmas-themed ballet, “The Nutcracker.” Another of his compositions has worked its way into the fabric of society but ...

The West Michigan Symphony will feature world-renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with a 1690 Stradivarius that once belonged to the very musician for whom the ...

This week Donald Macleod reflects on five aspects of Tchaikovsky. The rich vein of fairy tale and fantasy, his love of literature and his long-standing love-affair with Italy. Also, the composer’s ...

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