Their 13-year exchange of 2,600 letters reveals a rare bond of artistic devotion, distance and selfless support.

Tchaikovsky’s only issue with his homosexuality was concern that public exposure would embarrass his family and friends (hence his hasty, doomed marriage). He was not tormented by what he called his ...

The Colorado Music Festival plays a wide range of traditional classical music, but also mixes in some modern classical pieces ...

On March 15, the Boston Symphony Orchestra began their concert as any other: The oboe tuned the orchestra with a concert A, then guest conductor Teddy Abrams and soloist Ray Chen came to the stage to ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule I am enjoying everything tremendously so far. It is also revealing to note ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...

Russia in the 1860s - the land without the symphony. Well, actually that's not quite true: Anton Rubinstein had written three, but, based in the language of Mendelssohn and Schumann, they propounded a ...

I am enjoying everything tremendously so far. It is also revealing to note how well the format works. Wall-to-wall Tchaikovsky would have been just a little too much, but combining his music with ...

A final summing up from me. Mixed feelings here, I have to admit, and I do share many of my colleague Paul's views on the week as a whole. Yes, sometimes there were moments when my brain felt like it ...