Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the history of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players, and authored The NPR Classical Music Companion.

Dance companies presenting renditions of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet have become as synonymous with the Christmas season as decorated trees and Santa Claus. Audiences who come to see the ...

In the liner notes to the new Harmonia Mundi release The Nutcracker Suites, conductor Steven Richman closes his introduction with a great quote from Duke Ellington: "There are simply two kinds of ...

Let’s throw it way back to 1892, when a man named Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote one of the most famous ballet suites in the world. “The Nutcracker Ballet” is one of my favorite pieces because it ...

For the first time in a while, I have created a new score for a flute ensemble.This time, I arranged Tchaikovsky's suite, The ...

The Nutcracker made its world premiere in St. Petersburg, Russia, on this day in 1892. It wasn’t a huge success, although Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” a 20-minute selection of music from the ...

A performance of Alexei Ratmansky's version of The Nutcracker, in Brooklyn, NYAndrea Mohin / The New York Times / Redux Though it was composed by a Russian and choreographed by a Frenchman in 1892, ...

Never done before in NEPA, this unique special concert will highlight 17 incredible musicians and narrator/ vocalist The musicians are regular members of the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band with the ...