In February 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky claimed that he could compose only "weak and rotten little themelets." The next year he composed the brave and cheerful tunes of his Violin Concerto in D ...

Hilary Hahn’s Tchaikovsky is no warhorse. Her tone remains unforced even in the most strenuous passages, and in the finale, instead of the typical virtuoso’s urge to press forward, she stays poised, ...

Nicola gave us an exclusive guide to one of the greatest pieces for violin and orchestra ever written. This Saturday evening, Alex James celebrates one of this country's finest virtuosos, Nicola ...

Sometimes even when things go wrong, everything comes out right. Such was the case Sunday afternoon in the Klein Music Tent for violinist Augustin Hadelich. Just as he and the Aspen Festival Orchestra ...