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, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The pianist Nikolay Rubinstein, dedicatee of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, famously described the work as ...

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 premiered at the Boston Music Hall in 1875. Less than a decade later, the Boston Symphony Orchestra was founded, and the piece has been a regular fixture of the ...

For many years, when it was heard at all, Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto was played in the edition by Alexander Siloti that was published after the composer’s death. He had made a small cut to ...

When I came to record Tchaikovsky’s B flat minor Piano Concerto, I was worried that there were already more than 200 recordings available and that perhaps 400 recordings in total had been made. That ...

Classic FM Album of the Week, starting Monday 23 November 2015 after 10am. This the first recording that rising star Mélodie Zhao has made with a full orchestra - and it's an ambitious one, too. But ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Haochen Zhang, Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Pyotr Ilyich ...

Pianist Stephen Hough has uncovered a mistake in the second movement of the manuscript, corrected in blue pencil on the score. Pianist Stephen Hough has uncovered a mistake in Tchaikovsky's Piano ...

Edgar B. Herwick III is the guy behind GBH’s Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and explores some of the everyday mysteries hiding in plain sight. Feedback? Questions? Story ideas? Reach ...

An evening of Russian masterpieces on the next broadcast by The Phoenix Symphony. An evening of Russian masterpieces on the next broadcast by The Phoenix Symphony. Conductor Ilyich Rivas leads a ...