Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose work would make a lasting impression internationally, with Swan Lake and The Nutcracker propelling him into classical music immortality.

Between the “1812 Overture” and “The Nutcracker,” Pyotr ... s no questioning the quality of the music. Dance critic Alastair Macaulay calls Tchaikovsky’s score “a cornucopia of color ...

It’s The Nutcracker, composed by Russia ... by having the team behind it develop a new ballet. Tchaikovsky would compose the music and the Mariinsky Theatre’s ballet master Marius Petipa ...

The music of “Nutcracker Suite” comes with creative liberties – which can also be said for Tchaikovsky’s work. The plot for his ballet is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 short ...

What has always struck people about Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite is the astonishing sounds the composer gets from the orchestra – he brings the toys and sweets to life in music that somehow ...

The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and ... “To produce as much music as he did—an entire empire’s worth—Tchaikovsky had to be hyperfocused and ...

Some “Nutcracker” scores are reimagined ... Led by the bass player Rio Kai, the quartet lovingly dismantles Tchaikovsky’s music and brings in modern energy, switching effortlessly between ...

Tchaikovsky collaborated with Marius Petipa, ballet master and choreographer, writing music to order. He based the score on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” an 1816 novella by Prussian ...

68 The Nutcracker, Op ... who possesses the secret and frightens her to death, however, Tchaikovsky created his finest piece of music theatre. In it, he wrote, 'I experience such a sense of ...

The 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—still popular today for such works as The Nutcracker and the ... can try theater or classical music; introverts in the same vein ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The “Nutcracker! Magical Christmas” ballet, produced by Talmi Entertainment, returns for two performances on Dec. 9 at Music Hall ... by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky features ...