Some of us associate springtime with daffodils or azaleas. Igor Stravinsky did not. Thinking back to his boyhood in Russia, he remembered the winter's ice giving way to the "violent Russian spring." ...

Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most influential 20th century composers. His ballets The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, ...

As its title promises, Gallic bio-drama “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” delivers an impressive combo of sights and sounds in its depiction of the brief, tumultuous affair the two artists had in the ...

Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” turned 100 years old on May 29. Orchestras around the world and around Southern California are marking the occasion with performances of the once impossible-to-play ...

The old man’s 80th birthday was June 17. And last week, the extravagant tributes to Igor Stravinsky reached a fortissimo as CBS broadcast the world premiere of Stravinsky’s only composition written ...

THE letter was businesslike, and Robert Craft never intended it to work out as it did when he sent it, in 1947, to Igor Stravinsky in Los Angeles. He was already “ensorcelated” by his music, ever ...