Tchaikovsky thought his Symphony No. 6 was the best thing he'd ever written - but this masterpiece was unremittingly bleak. All of Tchaikovsky's symphonies are mini-dramas in both human and musical ...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, who left behind numerous masterpieces, had something else he was obsessed with besides music.Surprisingly, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1840 in Russia, Tchaikovsky came from a large family and expressed an interest in music from a young age. He was naturally ...

‘Beloved Friend” is the phrase Russian icon Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) used to address his benefactress, Nadezhda von Meck, during their long, epistolary relationship. By mutual consent, the ...

This time, I would like to take up the orchestral work based on Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," the same as last time, which is the Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet" composed by ...

Bram Tchaikovsky, born Peter Bramall, had been a member of the Motors, a great straight-up rock-and-roll band born out of the pub-rock scene. Bram split the Motors to form his own group. With Mike ...

In April last year, Yoel Gamzou took over a BBC Philharmonic concert at short notice, conducting Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. He ...

One of the most prolific composers of the Romantic era, Tchaikovsky's pieces such as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty remain profoundly popular to this day. From his symphonies to his ballets, here’s a ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The title Tchaikovsky’s Wife may suggest a biopic, but the words are more like a job description for the most thankless ...

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 ...

In May of 1891, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was on his way to Niagara Falls when, changing trains in Utica, he composed a letter to his brother, Modest, that read in part: “ginger bread and toy soldiers ...

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.