At the other extreme, homosexuality is placed at the very centre of Tchaikovsky's life and work, as if it influenced his every step and profoundly marked all his music, distinguishing it radically ...

It contains some of his most powerful music, and yet it has always been strangely neglected so that many concert goers are simply not aware of it. It should be enough - it is easily the largest of ...

Tchaikovsky was a fun-loving man with a Monty ... they represent him as a tortured gay man who was unhappy in his life and ...

John Suchet presents a major new eight-part series looking at the fascinating life and music of one of classical music’s most famous – and most influential – composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. With ...

Was Tchaikovsky a tempest or a drudge? The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and the “1812 ...

Eugene Onegin's story reflects an integral part of Tchaikovsky's tumultuous and romantic love life: na??ve young person professes love to another, gets rejected and is then begged to come back. In ...