Tchaikovsky News

Is the human brain naturally bent toward harmonic music? The Riverside County Philharmonic will offer the audience the opportunity to make that determination when it presents the music of Arnold Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in the season finale on Saturday, May 18 at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside.

With its astonishing company of more than 50 dancers backed by lavish, almost cinematic design, it is a grand showcase for the unique vision of its founder and choreographer, Boris Eifman, 66, whose full-length ballets invariably examine the tormented psyches of artists , as well as historical and literary characters .

MOST countries have a 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' to honour those whose achievements were heroic but forgotten.

LYRA, an a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present an evening of choral music 7:30 p.m. Friday at St.

The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa's choreography, Tchaikovsky's music and a glorious challenge for every dancer onstage.

The company started in an unfinished building with a 90-minute Carmen , using only four singers , four musicians and a narrator.

Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" may be one of the world's most famous ballets, but the story's ending, and even the number of acts it contains, can change with each new production.

Tchaikovsky worshiped Mozart, whom he claimed not merely to like but to "adore and idolize." Nevertheless, though their music does share a sovereign clarity of texture, he didn't often write like his idol.

Classical pianist Dalia Lazar comes to Chester for the third Music & More concert on May 19 at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek.

LYRA, an a cappella group of five professional vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present an evening of choral music 7:30 p.m. Friday at St.

His music has always had great appeal for the general public in virtue of its tuneful, open-hearted melodies, impressive harmonies, and colourful, picturesque orchestration, all of which evoke a profound emotional response.

T he New York Times reported the death of Dr Donald Shirley, the Jamaican virtuoso pianist.

Tickets are still available for pianist Alexander Tutunov's concert of Beethoven, Brahms, Glinka, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev this Saturday evening.

The Imperial Brass presents their annual "Spring Concert" on Saturday, May 4 at 7:30pm at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Westfield.

Scuttling out onto the stage, ballerinas make a spidery entrance in the ballet "Swan Lake" performed by the Mystic Ballet Friday night at the Mystic Stage at Olde Mistick Village.

The story has inspired numerous adaptations, including the recent Academy Award-winning film "Black Swan." The latest offering by Wichita Grand Opera continues the historic association between ballet and opera, bringing in talent that organizers say is audibly pleasing and visually striking.

AN OPEN air opera concert in aid of a children's epilepsy charity is in Alresford on Thursday May 30.

When Edvard Tchivzhel steps on the podium Saturday at the Peace Center to conduct the works of Tchaikovsky, he'll bring a fiery musical sensibility forged through a close association with two of the world's most celebrated interpreters of the Russian composer.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa announced The Bay-Atlantic Symphony will bring masterpieces by Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev to The Music Box in a series of five spectacular concerts from July 7 through August 18.

As prom season begins, we bring you a playlist of old school ballroom dances from all over.