In February 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky claimed that he could compose only "weak and rotten little themelets." The next year he composed the brave and cheerful tunes of his Violin Concerto in D ...

“Music that stinks in the ear!” That is how one critic described this concerto after its first performance. A harsh comment, you may say, but the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto had a somewhat troublesome ...

Acclaimed violinist Ray Chen made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut on March 13, performing Tchaikovsky’s iconic “Violin Concerto in D Major” from March 13–16 alongside American conductor Teddy ...

Vadim Gluzman presents an effortless reading of Tchaikovsky's notoriously technical violin concerto with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Jakub Hrůša. As a soloist, Gluzman is equal parts ...

Elegance and poise may not be the qualities that first come to mind for Tchaikovsky's bravura Violin Concerto. But in a performance built on just those virtues, Armenian virtuoso Sergey Khachatryan ...

On Thursday evening, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and music director Peter Oundjian played Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky and more Tchaikovsky. Such a concert carries with it the temptations of emotional ...

Looking for a preview of the great American violinist Joshua Bell's performance Saturday with the Jacksonville Symphony? Do an online search for the pilot episode of "Mozart in the Jungle," Amazon ...