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 Opera ...

Marking a pivotal moment in his early career, Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird brought the composer international attention with a score that contrasted lyricism with sounds that challenged ...

Alexander Shelley leads the Pacific Symphony in a spectacular presentation of Stravinsky's Firebird from January 15 to 18, featuring full-length animated visuals. The concert opens with John Adams’ ...

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 ...

The San Antonio Philharmonic will return to perform at the First Baptist Church for its second season. Credit: Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Philharmonic The San Antonio Philharmonic opens its second ...

Filled with glittering orchestral colors and vibrant Russian folk flavor, Stravinsky’s revelatory score for The Firebird took him from an unknown young composer to an overnight star. Experience this ...

Other Minds is pleased to welcome back Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies for a recital of solo and piano four-hands music with real-time interactive projections by Cori O'Lan at Hertz Hall in ...

Igor Stravinsky’s fortunes had not kept pace with his fame. In the 37 years since he had written it, The Firebird had made a lot of money, but not for him. For one thing, as a Russian emigre, his ...

Nimbus Dance and New Jersey Symphony reimagine Stravinsky’s Firebird for today's world. Nimbus Dance joins forces with the full New Jersey Symphony for a reimagined Firebird, bringing Stravinsky’s ...

If you’re thinking “Who?,” that’s about right. The Russian composer was the Ballets Russes’ first choice to write music for a choreographic retelling of the Firebird, a Slavic folk tale. He never did.

The tale goes that the phoenix — the bird of fire — lives for 500 years. When it's ready to die, its nest flames up and a new phoenix rises from the ashes. Igor Stravinsky set this legend to music in ...