Can you count 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3 in time with the music? Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pronounced PYOT-uhr il-YEETCH chigh-KOFF-ski) wrote some of the best known and most performed music of all time.

The 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—still popular today for such works as The Nutcracker and the 1812 Overture—was not a happy man. In his 5,365 extant letters to ...

“The Tchaikovsky violin concerto and the Dances of Galanta overture by Kodaly were breathtaking ... for violin composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Composed in 1878 ...

Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture celebrates the Russians’ defeat of Napoleon. Beethoven’s “Wellington’s Victory” commemorates the Duke of Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Vittoria.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester's home in Pacific Palisades has burned to the ground, while Hollywood is canceling and/or postponing premieres and awards shows. Lisa Kudrow belatedly finds note in ...

Junior soloist Ivana Bueno steps in at short notice to make her debut as Odette/Odile at the Royal Albert Hall with English National Ballet. It augurs well for her future.

Explore our guide to Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ – one of the world’s most popular ballets based on a romantic fairy tale. Right from the beginning, Tchaikovsky worked closely ...

This groundbreaking event, inspired by the complete works of artist Pyotr Pavlensky, merged high fashion and mixed martial arts (MMA) in an epic spectacle that redefined the boundaries of a ...

Marina Frolova-Walker choses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet fantasy overture in Building a Library.

There are some — but not too many — tickets left for this weekend’s brand new “Fringe Festival” at the Overture Center for the Arts. The cluster of five offbeat acts, running Friday, Saturday and ...