Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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Year of birth	1840
Year of death	1893
Nationality	Russia
Period	Romantic

BarcelonaChristmas concert: Swan Lake and The Nutcracker

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Palau de la Música, Wed 17 Dec at 20:00

Tchaikovsky

ADDA Simfònica; Josep Vicent

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LondonNutcracker

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The London Coliseum, Dec 17 mat, eve, 18 mat, eve, 19 mat, eve, 20 mat, eve, 22 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, 26, 27 mat, eve, 28 mat, 29 mat, eve, 30 mat, eve, 31 mat, 2026 Jan 02 mat, 03 mat, mat, 04 mat, 06 mat, 07, 08 mat, eve, 09 mat, 10 mat, mat, 11 mat

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Aaron Watkin; Arielle Smith; English National Ballet; Maria Seletskaja; Dick Bird; Paul Pyant

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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Main Hall, Thu 18 Dec at 19:00

Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Kazuhiro Koizumi; Fumiaki Miura

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BudapestThe Nutcracker

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Dec 18, 20, 21 mat, 23 mat, eve, 24 mat, 25 mat, eve, 26 mat, 27, 28 mat, eve, 30, 2026 Jan 02 mat, eve, 03 mat, 04, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11 mat, eve

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Hungarian National Ballet; Hungarian National Ballet Institute; Paul Marsovszky; Sámuel Csaba Tóth; Péter Dobszay; Beáta Vavrinecz

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Daniil Trifonov brings revelatory Russian rarities to Carnegie Hall

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Sam Jacobson, 13 Dec

Trifonov offers a probing recital, transforming little-heard Russian works into compelling statements alongside Schumann’s impassioned First Sonata.

****1

Michelle Cann brings out the soul in Price’s Piano Concerto in Dublin

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Michael Roddy, 12 Dec

Florence Price’s concerto brings the Dublin audience to its feet at the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland’s latest concert.

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Candy-crazed: ENB’s sweet-toothed Nutcracker returns

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Mark Pullinger, 11 Dec

Returning for its first anniversary, Arielle Smith and Aaron S Watkin’s Nutcracker for English National Ballet remains a feast for hungry eyes, despite its flaws.

***11

Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the LSO

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Chris Garlick, 07 Dec

Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make rare bedfellows, but Pappano's grip on these disparate scores impresses, with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on wondrous form.

****1