Tchaikovsky brief biography of adolf

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber music.

Life and Music
Tchaikovsky was born on May 7th 1840 in Votkinsk, a small town in the Russian Empire.

He displayed exceptional musical ability from an early age, improvising at the piano and composing his first song in 1844, aged four.

Tchaikovsky persuaded his father that music was his future and he began composition lessons with Anton Rubinstein in 1861.

Between 1871 and 1876 he produced a series of great works, including Swan Lake (1876) and the First Piano Concerto (1875), which established him as Russia’s leading composer.

Following his ill-fated, short-lived marriage in 1877, he made a failed attempt at committing suicide.

1880 saw Tchaikovsky compose perhaps his most famous piece, the 1812 Overture - cannons at the ready!

By 1887, he was conducting his own music to great acclaim and producing su