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 ...

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.

Conductor Pierre Bleuse directs Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ...

Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890. This exploration begins with his works, Swan Lake and String Quartet No ...

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 ...

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. The ...

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 ...

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 ...