Tchaikovsky was a fun-loving man with a Monty Python-style sense of humour, his biographer has said.Simon Morrison, a ...

Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 170th birthday inspires a special Google homepage and well-wishes from the Twittersphere.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a famous Russian composer of symphony, opera, ballet, instrumental, chamber and song is celebrating his 170th birthday today and Google has a special logo up for it.

In May of 1891, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was on his way to Niagara Falls when, changing trains in Utica, he composed a letter to his brother, Modest, that read in part: 'ginger bread and toy ...

The music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has always been hugely popular with the public, celebrated for its orchestral opulence, dramatic appeal and lyrical beauty. But critical response was another ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” has been used to celebrate July 4th, sell cereal and astound movie audiences. It’s been sampled and spoofed, with popping balloons subbing in for the cannons ...

Eugene Onegin (Yevgény Onégin) — an opera in three acts, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, libretto by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky, and based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Fourth Symphony, the Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, between 1877 and 1878, dedicated to his patroness and 'best friend' Nadezhda von Meck. Following his ...

JJ Abernathy describes some of the intense feeling provoked by Tchaikovsky's famous masterpiece. ... (1813-1883), Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).