Igor Stravinsky looms large in the pantheon of modern composers. Both the White House and the Kremlin sent representatives to his April 1971 funeral in Manhattan. Two weeks later, thousands swelled ...

In the early 1900s, a relatively unknown Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. Stravinsky wasn’t Diaghilev’s first choice — many ...

2 Full Cast Set for BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB North American Tour 3 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour Marking a pivotal moment in his early career, Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet ...

For a long time, I had considered "The Firebird" to be slightly inferior to Stravinsky's other two "great ballets".That ...

The Firebird was the first of two folklore ballets composed by Igor Stravinsky and commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes (Petrushka followed). The ballet premiered at the Paris Op ...

Sakari Oramo conducting at London's Barbican Hall. (Image credit: Mark Allan) Stravinsky’s ballet score takes centre stage in a dazzling concert from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by Sakari Oramo at ...

On this week's podcast of From the Top, the victorious finale from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is performed by a teenage pianist from Chicago. He's joined by a teenage violinist using YouTube to ...

The Firebird, an orchestral concert work for ballet, by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company. Based on the Russian ...