In this special 4th of July edition of Classical Classroom Research Presentations, Dacia ponders why Americans listen to Russian music on their Independence Day. She uncovers the [not really that] ...

Tchaikovsky never wrote a cello concerto, but the “Variations on a Rococo theme” is a close second. The main theme is a Tchaikovsky original, but it's deeply steeped in his love for Mozart and the ...

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 ...

Like the Modern Jazz Quartet, the foursome on this new release folds visions of great classical music into a mainstream jazz setting. Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet has always provided special holiday ...

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Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Audio production by Todd “Toddkovsky” Hulslander with very bad ballet dancing ...

Shostakovich, Piano Concertos, Piano Quintet, Martin Helmchen (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO) Start with the coupling, a studio recording of Shostakovich’s 1940 Piano ...

"I really didn't do much preparation. I think I was just lucky. And I really just thought to myself, 'I'm here to learn, I've got nothing to lose. So I don't have to worry about the results.'" With ...

What are the odds that two classical greats were born on the very same date of May 7, seven years apart? Brahms was born in 1833. Tchaikovsky in 1840. Born about 2,000 miles apart, Peter Tchaikovsky ...

The Russian Embassy in Nigeria, in partnership with the Musical Society of Nigeria, recently hosted a classical music concert in Lagos featuring young musicians from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky ...