Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera in Paris' magnificent Palais Garnier

Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera in Paris’ magnificent Palais Garnier

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A young Joshua Bell plays in a 1982 violin masterclass

Unearthed footage of 15-year-old Joshua Bell playing Tchaikovsky is terrifyingly good

Heart-melting quotations from love letters written by composers

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Tianxu An during the Tchaikovsky Competition mixup

Soloist horrified as orchestra starts playing wrong concerto in piano competition nightmare

The 15 best violin concertos of all time.

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Squid Game soundtrack: what classical music is in the Netflix show?

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Listening to music with your child has long been thought to help develop their mind and listening skills.

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Some of history's greatest composers were part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Ukraine’s Culture Minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, has asked Western allies to pause all performances of music by the 19th-century Russian composer

Ukraine’s Culture Minister calls for Tchaikovsky boycott until the end of the war

Christmas is upon us, which means it's time to rediscover all those favourite festive pieces of music

The 20 best pieces of classical Christmas music

Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake at the London Coliseum (2011)

The best ballet scores of all time

The XIII International Tchaikovsky Music Competition

Russia’s Tchaikovsky Competition expelled from the World Federation of International Music Competitions

Tchaikovsky stayed in Trostyanets in his 20s; the city is now destroyed

Tchaikovsky’s house destroyed by Russian army in north-east Ukraine