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Brahms disliked Tchaikovsky’s music, but the two made a superb pair in this concert with Gianandrea Noseda on the podium and Simon Trpčeski at the keyboard.

The Royal Ballet's lavish Nutcracker provided a plethora of outstanding performances on its opening night.

While Tchaikovsky’s music is the biggest star in Queensland Ballet’s Nutcracker, the dancers sparkle and shine in a pretty fantasy world.

Kansas City Ballet's The Nutcracker charms young and young at heart. 

Young Russian maestro Maxim Emelyanychev makes his Toronto Symphony with a dip into Russian imperial ballet. 

Languid expression in Debussy, exhilarating Tchaikovsky from James Ehnes, and terrifying Prokofiev in a programme of extremes.

Chineke! Orchestra likes to do things differently and this concert, conducted by Andrew Grams, pairs symphonies by Tchaikovsky and the singer-songwriter-guitarist Armatrading. 

National Ballet of Canada's connections to John Cranko's Onegin run deep and this revival featured beloved company farewells and exciting next generation debuts. 

Tchaikovsky’s Third and Shostakovich’s Eighth Quartets provide illuminating comparisons and contrasts in Ensemble 360’s ‘Russian Quartets’ recital. 

Andrea Battistoni conducts the Tokyo Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's three Shakespeare-inspired works in a single programme. In between, cellist Haruma Sato excels in the original version of the Rococo Variations.

Norwegian National Ballet return to the classics with surprising ease.

Tchaikovsky's final opera and ballet were always intended to be paired; at the Royal Albert Hall Petrenko and the RPO present them together in a rewarding double-bill, marred by microphones.

The Australian Ballet’s current production of Swan Lake is ballet at its best: beautiful classical dance and music, intense emotion, exquisite costumes, dramatic sets and lighting.

The Dream is such a crowdpleaser that one wishes ABT would do this more often in their Met season, but Ballet Imperial needed more time to relax into. 

Alpesh Chauhan conducts the LA Phil in the world premiere of Saad Haddad's cinematic Aysheen. 

American composer Robert Russell Bennett's Violin Concerto gets a new lease of life in Singapore.

Lyadov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich play to Petrenko’s Russian strengths with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 15-year old soloist, Christian Li.

Someone at New York City Ballet needs to believe in Orpheus before they present it again.

NYCB give first rate accounts of the first and last ballets but the filler suffered from miscasting and lack of chemistry.

Some 37 years after his Singapore debut, the cellist revisits Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto with the Singapore Symphony and Han-Na Chang. 

English National Ballet appears refreshed and revitalised under its new artistic director.

An auditorium packed with former company members usher in New York City Ballet's 75th anniversary with George Balanchine's ornamental triptych. 

In her New York recital debut, the young Norwegian soprano displays the extent of her vocal and theatrical power in an unusually wide-ranging program of songs and opera arias. 

Never mind the piano concerto marathons, 2023 will not see a finer anniversary tribute to Rachmaninov than this song recital.

A familiar face on the London scene, Paavo Järvi brings the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich to the Proms for the first time since 2014. 

Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is joined on stage at the Philharmonie by Alexander Rudin, Nadezhda Pavlova and Olga Pashchenko to give the audience a taste of Rachmaninov's chamber repertoire. 

Six talented finalists light up the final of the prestigious Norwegian singing competition

Sometimes artists surprise, but in a wholly positive way: nothing remotely bland about Buchbinder's approach to Beethoven's C minor concerto and a Tchaikovsky 1 streets ahead of Järvi's recent recording.

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman. 

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

Balanchine's triptych proves the perfect vehicle for The Australian Ballet to display its dazzling wares on its first post-pandemic international tour. 

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft joined Kanneh-Mason as she tackled Prokofiev's most popular piano concerto with easy dexterity, then delivering a powerful performance of Tchaikovsky.

Antony Hermus searches for menace and intrigue in the BNO's programme in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. 

Magnificent leading dancers elevated the performance, but nothing can detract from the fact Kevin McKenzie's Swan Lake is looking tired.

The audience turns out in droves to see one of the greatest pianists of his generation.

The French pianist gives a performance of Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto to remember; Tugan Sokhiev and an inconsistent Santa Cecilia thrill in Tchaikovsky. 

Memorable Tchaikovsky from Leonidas Kavakos and the Hong Kong Philharmonic is flanked by strong performances of Sibelius and Shostakovich. 

The Met's first European tour in 20 years makes it to London for an evening of Shakespeare and Berlioz.

In a setting that might be The Grange itself, a production which steadily tightens its grip until a blistering finish.

Exciting Tchaikovsky from the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, while Leeds winner Eric Lu is the sensitive soloist in Chopin's Second Concerto.

Making a rare guest appearance in Seattle, the trailblazing conductor brings fresh intensity to familiar Shakespeare-inspired repertoire.

 This production provides a hugely fulfilling evening, rich in drama and the beauty of classical ballet.

A mixed programme of all-British choreography, including a world premiere, offers something for everyone.

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow and conductor Jérémie Rhorer make successful debuts with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. 

The Dresden Music Festival public renew their love for Jan Vogler, who is joined by festival debutants from Parma. 

Nobuyuki Tsujii joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's ever-popular First Piano Concerto before Vasily Petrenko conducts a thrilling Shostakovich 8. 

Closer to Matthew Bourne than Marius Petipa, Christian Spuck's Sleeping Beauty is full of invention, captivating the audience in numerous, unexpected ways.

The pianist enchants with her Tchaikovsky, while the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia tackles an unfamiliar Weinberg symphony.

An inventive and very different approach to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.