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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
"Tchaikovsky" redirects here. For other persons (including the composers André, Alexandr & Boris), see Tchaikovsky (surname).
For other uses, see Tchaikovsky (disambiguation).
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[n 1] (chy-KOF-skee;[2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893)[n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.
Beethoven 1812 overtureHe was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant as there was little opportunity for a musical career in Russia at the time and no public music edu