Tchaikovsky Festival

October 15

Tchaikovsky Festival: Olga Plays Tchaikovsky presented by New Mexico Philharmonic, at  Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 6 p.m. The Tchaikovsky Festival starts with the vibrant Polonaise from one of the composer’s most famous operas. Then, Olga Kern is in the dramatic and intense Piano Concerto No. 1. The first festival concert ends with a musical excursion, with blazing brass, bassoons, and sumptuous strings in Symphony No. 4. Admission is $22-$90. Visit nmphil.org.