In the year that Tchaikovsky gave up his office job for music and the first Salon des Refusés took place in Paris (1863), fourteen artists, led by Ivan Kram ...

His later opera Ruslan and Ludmila, based on a poem by Pushkin, incorporated musical ideas which served his successors well: ...

Eugene Onegin's story reflects an integral part of Tchaikovsky's tumultuous and romantic love life: na??ve young person professes love to another, gets rejected and is then begged to come back. In ...

In my own work, I have found that many professional artists—an unusually anxious group—seek relief from their affliction by ...

Morrison clearly believes that art has the greater claim on our attention. Tchaikovsky’s has endured. The book is a lively, ...

Lemn Sissay explores Tchaikovsky's music from The Nutcracker with beautiful animation. The story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was transformed into a magical ballet in 1892 – and is now a ...