Q&A with Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Edward Gardner
• November 20, 2025

Conductor Edward Gardner will be leading Tchaikovsky’s popular Symphony No. 5 at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra this Thursday, Saturday and Sunday only. The symphony’s […]

Catching Up With Tchaikovsky
• January 30, 2025

For a non-Italian, Tchaikovsky wrote a lot of operas: 11. Wagner wrote even more: 13, the librettos as well as the music. Mozart, who died in his 30s (not from […]

Weekend Roundup , Dec. 21 – 25
• December 20, 2023

With Christmas just around the corner, the Washington area is hopping with jolly activities this long weekend. We hope you celebrate the season joyfully, get to spend cherished time with […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, September 10, 2020
• September 10, 2020

Upcoming topics for online learning: Japanese textiles, Russian opera (and tea drinking), naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and painter Miki Hayakawa.

Chinese Tenor to Star in Tchaikovsky Tribute
• December 3, 2019

Accompanied by Russian Chamber Art Society founder and Artistic Director Vera Danchenko-Stern, Fanyong Du will sing 12 art-songs of the more than 100 Tchaikovsky wrote.

A Resonant ‘Onegin’ from WNO
• March 11, 2019

It’s taken 30 years to return this opera to Washington National Opera, but for those who longed for its arrival, it was probably worth the wait. 

NOSEDA CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY & BEETHOVEN with the NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – featuring GIANANDREA NOSEDA as CONDUCTOR and NING FENG on VIOLIN
• February 18, 2019

NSO Music Director Gianandrea Noseda makes his Wolf Trap debut in a program including Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto, performed by acclaimed soloist Ning Feng, and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Spring Arts Preview
• February 21, 2018

By Ari Post and Richard Selden VISUAL ARTS SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM Do Ho Suh: Almost Home March 16 – August 5 Internationally renowned for his “fabric architecture,” which explores […]