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Composer Profile: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

by Barry Lenson Heroic and Troubled in Life, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Stands at the Pinnacle of Romantic Russian Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Russia, is indisputably one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. His six...

You’ll Have Much Merrier Holidays with Jeffrey Biegel’s Steinway Christmas Album

by Barry Lenson | Dec 7, 2016 | holiday music, Piano Music, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Steinway Pianos, Uncategorized

Here is Jeffrey Biegel delivering holiday magic in “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson. Pure happiness . . . what a perfect way to begin today’s post! I recently wrote a post on this blog about pianist Stewart Goodyear’s CD of his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s...

All I Want for the Holidays Again this Year Is . . . Stewart Goodyear Playing His Piano Arrangement of The Nutcracker

by Barry Lenson | Nov 22, 2016 | Piano Music, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Stewart Goodyear

It has been a year since I wrote a post about the Steinway & Sons CD of the complete Tchaikovsky Nutcracker ballet masterfully arranged for piano and played by a phenomenal pianist named Stewart Goodyear. At the time, I wrote that this CD was the perfect Christmas...

You Are There! Reliving History through Music

by Barry Lenson | Nov 15, 2016 | Henry Purcell, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Russian Music, Sacred Music, Uncategorized

We might not always enjoy participating in history . . . but thanks to music, we can relive important events in the past I invite you to watch Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s “Festival Coronation March,” which was written for...

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