The San Diego Symphony announced Thursday the removal of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous "1812 Overture" from their end-of-season concert on Aug. 26.

TOKYO >> Some Japanese orchestras have decided to stop performing a piece by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that celebrates Russia’s defense against a French invasion in 1812. Popular ...

The “1812 Overture” is a superb musical composition written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a composer of the first rank.

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - which features cannons - was due to be played at St David's Hall on March 18. But the decision to abandon it was made because a member of the orchestra has family in ...

For many U.S. symphony orchestras and their audiences, it's just not the Fourth of July without Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's rip-roaring, bell-ringing, cannon-firing "1812 Overture." Continuing its ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his piece The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E flat major in commemoration of the Russian Army's successful defense of Moscow against Napoleon's advancing troops at ...

The Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that it will replace Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with another piece in a concert to be held in central Japan later this month ...

All of the various musicians and instruments of the TSO perform together. Violetta "VI" Vibrato and Roger "Roger" Rhythm explore what happens when all the instruments in the Tallahassee Symphony ...