Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Concerts
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April 27, 2012 Hear the group the Times of London has called "the world's most exciting string quartet."
April 3, 2012 Violinist Daniel Hope and friends play a sun-splashed Tchaikovsky travelogue.
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December 3, 2010 Tchaikovsky felt Eugene Onegin so deeply that it led him to an ill-fated marriage — and an opera.
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September 8, 2009 Hear the young Dutch violinist's fiery account of Tchaikovsky's Concerto with the L.A. Philharmonic.
September 12, 2008 A cocky young man's boorish behavior is repaid, with interest, in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin."
January 4, 2008 A grim tale by Pushkin gets even bleaker in Tchaikovsky's opera, The Queen of Spades.
June 8, 2007 Mirella Freni's final opera production
October 19, 2006 The Russian pianist plays "June: Barcarolle" from Tchaikosky's suite The Seasons.
Studio Sessions
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June 30, 2008 The celebrated pianist performs Tchaikovsky's 12-part cycle, The Seasons, in NPR's studio.
Interviews & Profiles
September 20, 2010 Hilary Hahn and composer Jennifer Hidgon come together today for a live web chat at 12 noon, EST.
August 25, 2009 Evgeny Mravinsky conducts Tchaikovsky's final symphonies with an intensity rarely heard.
June 2, 2009 Hear the lanky Texan's iconic Tchaikovsky recording, made just after his historic Moscow victory.
October 23, 2008 Politicians aren't the only ones to use their influence to alter public opinion about their rivals.
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September 26, 2008 Sara Fishko explores the 5/4 time signature found in music by Tchaikovsky, Dave Brubeck and more.
April 5, 2008 The brilliant but embattled conductor lives on through his recordings, 100 years after his birth.
March 1, 2008 The famed pianist recalls his victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow 50 years ago.
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February 29, 2008 Fifty years ago, a classical pianist went to the U.S.S.R., and came back to a ticker-tape parade.
Discover Songs
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October 17, 2010 A new recording by conductor Simon Rattle breathes life into this 120-year-old music.
September 12, 2010 The adventurous violinist's new CD features a Pulitzer Prize-winning concerto by Jennifer Higdon.
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December 4, 2009 This year's crop was strong for Russians, as well as a young generation of masterful musicians.
News
June 24, 2012 Jan Swafford explains how a Russian composition became the theme song for American independence.
December 14, 2011 Reflections on New York City Ballet's first HD simulcast at movie theaters nationwide.
June 1, 2011 The American singer enjoyed a career that stretched from the Metropolitan Opera to Hollywood.
Reviews
September 18, 2012 A blazingly talented young Russian pianist records the concerto that's become his calling card.
March 23, 2011 The dynamic conductor makes magic with Tchaikovsky's version of the Shakespeare's The Tempest.
More Stories
March 4, 2013 Van Cliburn competition winners remember the great pianist, who died last month at age 78.
February 14, 2013 For ages composers have written love letters, but not with words on paper. Their language is music.
July 27, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
December 16, 2011 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.
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October 11, 2011 Valery Gergiev led a celebration of Russian music — and help introduce a promising pianist.
September 16, 2010 Hilary Hahn and Jennifer Hidgon will come together for a live web chat on September 20th.
January 1, 2010 Tchaikovsky's only comic opera gets a colorful production from London's Royal Opera House.
May 8, 2009 Historic upheavals color a perilous romance in one of Tchaikovsky's most openly passionate operas.
December 12, 2006 WGUC music director Kent Teeters compiled this list of the year's best classical CD discoveries.
