"Swan Lake by Candlelight" - concert with live dance

Name: "Swan Lake by Candlelight" - concert with live dance
Start: 2026-08-09T18:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-09T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Dwór Artusa. Oddział Muzeum Gdańska

Sun, 9 Aug 2026 · 18:30

Artus Court. Branch of Gdańsk Museum, Poland

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"Swan Lake by Candlelight" - concert with live dance — Artus Court. Branch of Gdańsk Museum, Gdańsk

Foto: Émile Reutlinger · Public domain

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The concert "Swan Lake by Candlelight" takes place on Sunday, 9 August 2026 at Dwór Artusa in Gdańsk. Piotr Czajkowski brings a fusion of ballet music and live dance by candlelight to the historic building of the Gdańsk Museum. This is the third of four Polish dates on the artist's tour — following performances in Kraków (7 August) and preceding stops in Poznań (14 August) and Wrocław (16 August). An evening illuminated by candlelight within the historic interiors of Dwór Artusa offers classical music listeners a distinctive atmosphere in an unusual setting.

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About: Piotr Czajkowski

One of the towering figures of 19th-century music, Tchaikovsky left behind a body of work - from the thundering 1812 Overture to the delicate Nutcracker Suite - that orchestras and ballet companies worldwide perform more than any other Russian composer's output.

most performed ballet worldwide - The Nutcracker (Bachtrack 2024 data)

most popular Russian composer of all time (widely cited)

50M

online viewers of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition (2023)

1958

year the International Tchaikovsky Competition was first held (held every 4 years since)

What's new

2025-11
The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow/St. Petersburg, 2023) reported that its online broadcast reached 50 million viewers from 102 countries, with the competition website publishing follow-up laureate news through November 2025.
2025-02
Bachtrack's 2024 statistics confirmed that The Nutcracker remained the most performed ballet worldwide, leading Swan Lake by around 400 performances.
2026-02
The BBC Philharmonic performed Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite in Manchester as part of the inaugural Eurovision Classical Concerts series, broadcast across Europe in February 2026.

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Swan Lakeworld's most frequently performed ballet, premiered 1877

The Nutcrackermost performed ballet worldwide in 2024 per Bachtrack statistics

1812 Overturehis most famous orchestral work, premiered 1882; calls for real cannon fire

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minorone of the most popular concertos ever written

Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'completed weeks before his death in 1893; considered one of the great symphonic masterpieces

"Swan Lake by Candlelight" - concert with live dance

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