Tchaikovsky's own voice has survived—The true faces of composers recorded by the phonograph in 1890

Please take a look at the translated version of their interesting conversation.Rubinstein: What a wonderful thing (the phonograph) this is.Block: Finally.Lorovskaya: How disgusting... how dare you ...
The Tech

BSO’s ‘The Nutcracker’ and ‘Eugene Onegin’ previews January Tchaikovsky festival

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO’s) program from last weekend made a convincing case that, lest no other composer, Tchaikovsky can. On Oct. 17, the BSO performed two contrasting pieces from ...
The Financial Times

Tchaikovsky’s Wife film review — febrile story of musical genius loses its composure

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 ...

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings: Homage to Mozart and Elegy for a Departed Father

TchaikovskySerenade for StringsTchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings has been 145 years since its public premiere (October 30, ...
Classic FM

Best Tchaikovsky works: 10 of the composer’s best musical masterpieces

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 ...
Politico

In Tchaikovsky’s bible, an archivist finds a door to New York’s distant past

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 ...
The Guardian

Tchaikovsky: where to start with his music

This week we turn to the Russian composer who poured his passion and his pain into a body of works - from ballets to symphonies - that put his country on the international musical map Pyotr Ilyich ...
The Guardian

Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer

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 ...
Variety

‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Review: Kirill Serebrennikov’s Perplexing, Music-Free Biopic Bungles a Great Subject

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 ...
NPR

How Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' Became A Holiday Tradition

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.
Newsweek

Orchestras Pull Tchaikovsky From Concerts Over Russia’s War on Ukraine

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several orchestras have recently announced changes to their concert ...
The Financial Times

Valery Gergiev: Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5, 6

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As anyone will know who has heard St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra with its artistic director, they have a ...