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“Inspiration does not willingly visit the lazy”

Ten days after the successful premiere of his Sixth Symphony in 1893, a raging cholera epidemic claimed the life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), one of Russia’s most famous composers. His music appealed to audiences outside of Russia with an immediacy and directness that was startling. Timeless melodies, presented with eloquence and poise and matched by his inventive use of harmony and orchestration, have ensured universal audience appeal. A hugely precocious musical talent, Tchaikovsky was born the second son of a mining engineer in 1840. Introduced to music and poetry early on, he was able to read in French and German by age six. The first documented attempt at composition dates from September 1844, and he started formal piano lessons one year later. Nevertheless, his family insisted that he should be educated for a career as a civil servant, and he began working as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice in 1859.

Tchaikovsky: Groza (The Storm), Op. 76
Concurrently, he attended concerts and operas at every o

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born into a middle-class family in Votkinsk, Russia. He was a complex and emotional child with a brilliant intellect and great musical ability. Despite developing some skill as a pianist and composing some short pieces, family pressure led him to study Law rather than music.

After graduating, he worked for several years as a civil servant, finally enrolling in Anton Rubinstein's new music college (soon to become the St Petersburg Conservatoire) in 1863. He studied there for two years and in 1866 accepted the post of professor of harmony at Anton's brother, Nicolai Rubinstein's rival music conservatoire in Moscow. He found his teaching commitments difficult as they took away from the time he could spend composing. However, during his first two years at the Moscow Conservatoire, he completed his First Symphony Op.13 (Winter Daydreams, 1866) and his first opera, Voyevoda (1867-8).

In 1868 Tchaikovsky made the acquaintance of 'The Five', or 'The Mighty Handful', a group of nationalistic composers lead by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Their influence

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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. He 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 education system.^[3] When an opportunity for such an education arose, he entered the nascent