Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Born: 7th May 1840, Votkinsk
Died: 6th November 1893, Saint Petersburg
Nationality: Russian
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of 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. When an opportunity for such an education arose, he entered the nascent Saint Petersburg Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1865.
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Mujer Fatal from Aigul Akhmetshina and Antonio Pappano
21st Aug 2026
Two strong musical personalities come together to spellbinding effect in a programme exploring the idea of the femme fatale, taking in songs by composers including Elena Roussanova, Montsalvatge, Bizet, Gershwin and Britten.
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Tchaikovsky from Daniil Trifonov
3rd Oct 2025
The Russian pianist combines deft dexterity with a vivid musical imagination across a programme which includes Album for the Young and Mikhail Pletnev's transcription of The Sleeping Beauty Suite.
Popular Genres: Tchaikovsky
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Vocal
Concertos
Popular Works: Tchaikovsky
- 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (331)
- Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) (144)
- Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (226)
- Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (135)
- Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) (68)
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (74)
- Marche slave, Op. 31 (168)
- Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (76)
- None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 (148)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (441)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (71)
- Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist' (109)
- Romance in F minor, Op. 5 (70)
- Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture (328)
- Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 (179)
- Sérénade Mélancolique in B minor, Op. 26 (119)
- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (65)
- Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a (78)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 (109)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Mélodie in E flat major (82)
- Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (83)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (70)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 (76)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite (92)
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams' (98)
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian' (126)
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish' (111)
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (284)
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (356)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (368)
- The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (166)
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (122)
- The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (78)
- The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (103)
- The Seasons, Op. 37 (96)
- The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle) (68)
- Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (115)
- Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34 (86)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (218)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (418)
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