THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts the first of a two-weekend Tchaikovsky Festival (Part 2 will be Feb. 21-22). Tonight’s concert (this Saturday ...

Edgar B. Herwick III is the guy behind GBH’s Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and explores some of the everyday mysteries hiding in plain sight. Feedback? Questions? Story ideas? Reach ...

When I came to record Tchaikovsky’s B flat minor Piano Concerto, I was worried that there were already more than 200 recordings available and that perhaps 400 recordings in total had been made. That ...

Tchaikovsky, like Beethoven, is not exactly an underperformed composer. Still, a festival primarily devoted to his songs and piano works offers the opportunity to discover some infrequently heard ...

Hear Van Cliburn's hit recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, recorded at Carnegie Hall on May 30, 1958, just six weeks after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In the 1950s, ...

Though Van Cliburn won the first Tchaikovsky competition, he isn't the only American whose career was boosted by the opportunity. Pianist Daniel Pollack also won a prize, and spoke with NPR's Scott ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ask the average music lover what they know of Tchaikovsky’s music and the answer is likely to be the big works, ...

Classic FM Album of the Week, starting Monday 23 November 2015 after 10am. This the first recording that rising star Mélodie Zhao has made with a full orchestra - and it's an ambitious one, too. But ...

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s famed 1812 Overture was first performed, outdoors, at the base of the majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. His beloved ballet, the Nutcracker, was introduced ...