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    Tchaikovsky: Compositions, ballets, biography and more facts

    How much do you know about Tchaikovsky, one of the romantic era's greatest composers? From his ballets to his orchestral compositions, our handy facts gallery will shed light on his life, loves and music.

    1. 1. When is Tchaikovsky's birthday?

      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk in Russia, in 1840. The town is now home to the Tchaikovsky museum and a statue of the composer.

    2. 2. Tchaikovsky had a large family

      Tchaikovsky had four brothers and one sister. Nikolai, Ippolit, twins Anatoly and Modest, and Alexandra were from his father's second marriage, and half-sister Zinaida was from his father's first marriage.

    3. 3. Tchaikovsky's childhood

      Tchaikovsky learnt languages from a young age. Thanks to his governess, he could speak German and French by the age of 6.

    4. 4. He trained as a civil servant

      As a back-up plan, Tchaikovsky trained as a civil servant in case

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      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[a 1] (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский, tr.Pëtr Il'ich ChaikovskiyIPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjitɕ tɕajˈkofskʲɪj]  (listen)); often Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky/ˈpiːtər ˈɪlɨtʃ tʃaɪˈkɒvski/ in English; May 7, 1840 [O.S. April 25] – November 6, 1893 [O.S. October 25])[a 2] was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. His wide ranging output includes symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental and chamber music and songs. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, his last three numbered symphonies, a

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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 teatralisk 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 musikdrama 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