They shared the same birthday —May 7 — but that was about all. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Johannes Brahms simply understood, felt and composed music very differently, and judged each other’s work ...

Music Director Robert Lehmann conducts the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra “Winter Concert” featuring music of Verdi, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. at Swampscott High School ...

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 ...

Rising Star cellist Benjamin Kruithof takes on this luscious arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nocturne for cello and orchestra. Accompanied by 12 Ensemble, with the duet section performed by their ...

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor has been overshadowed by the composer’s untimely death just nine days after its premiere. But legends like these can distract us from the nuances of a piece ...

In light of Russia's invasion into Ukraine, many westerners are understandably doing their level best to distance themselves from President Vladimir Putin and those loyal to him. But some of those ...

Growing up as an avid violinist, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings was one of my favorite and most rewarding pieces to play. The fact that it was a staple in the repertoire of the New York City ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In many ways Wiley’s book is a revisionist history. The traditional view, especially prevalent among musicians, ...

Their relationship was passionate, intense, and they shared the most intimate details of their creative lives with one another. Without their mutual support, some of the greatest symphonies in the ...

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.