"Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music."
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, anglicised as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of The Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy.

 

 

Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk

Died: November 6, 1893, Saint Petersburg

Spouse: Antonina Miliukova (m. 1877–1877)

Education: Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1865)

Compositions: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Violin Concerto, 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto No. 1, The Sleeping Beauty, Symphony No. 6, Eugene Onegin, Symphony No. 5, Romeo and Juliet, The Seasons, Symphony No. 4, The Queen of Spades, Serenade for Strings, Iolanta, Slavonic March, Symphony No. 1, Capriccio Italien, Variations on a Rococo Theme, Piano Concerto No. 2, Manfred Symphony, Symphony No. 2, Francesca da Rimini, Mazeppa, Piano Trio, String Quartet No. 1, Souvenir de Florence, The Enchantress, Cherevichki, The Maid of Orleans, Undina, Symphony No. 3, Danse des petits cygnes, The Oprichnik, Fatum, None but the lonely heart, Voyevoda, Pezzo capriccioso, Piano Concerto No. 3, The Tempest, Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Orchestral Suite No. 4, Cello Concerto, Hamlet, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Piano Sonata in G major, Vakula the Smith, Orchestral Suite No. 3, Symphony in E flat, The StormMore, …

Parents: Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, Alexandra Andreyevna d'Assier