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 ...
British pianist Peter Donohoe is used to being lionised in Moscow. In 1982, Donohoe won the highest prize awarded at the world's most prestigious and controversial classical music talent-show, the ...
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Version 1: Natural death from cholera On 20 October 1893, Tchaikovsky was ...
Even if you aren’t a classical music fan or actively listen to Tchaikovsky’s music, you’ve absolutely heard his compositions.
Research by pianist Kirill Gerstein has revealed that the standardly performed version of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto differs substantially from what the composer actually wrote. It’s a shame ...
A final summing up from me. Mixed feelings here, I have to admit, and I do share many of my colleague Paul's views on the week as a whole. Yes, sometimes there were moments when my brain felt like it ...
On March 15, the Boston Symphony Orchestra began their concert as any other: The oboe tuned the orchestra with a concert A, then guest conductor Teddy Abrams and soloist Ray Chen came to the stage to ...
The singer, rapper and classical flutist name-checks a few of her symphonic heros, in an interview ahead of the 2020 Grammy Awards Lizzo's music is dominating the pop charts, and her messages of ...
Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Alexander II, 'the Liberator', succeeded to the Imperial throne of Russia in ...
On 20 October 1893, Tchaikovsky was healthy and in good spirits. He attended a play and had supper at a restaurant with relatives and friends, where he ate macaroni and drank white wine and mineral ...