Written in 1806, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major was premiered by his colleague Franz Clement, just before Christmas of that year, on 23 December. ... Beethoven’s only two other works of note ...

And when it comes to the violin, there was one man who trumped them all in the composer–performer stakes: the Italian musical genius Niccolò Paganini. The premieres of many works are often described ...

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 ...

Acclaimed violinist Ray Chen made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut on March 13, performing Tchaikovsky’s iconic “ Violin Concerto in D Major” from March 13–16 alongside American conductor Teddy ...

Bell made a cameo in the episode, playing part of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major. That's the same piece of music, considered among the most technically difficult works ever written for ...