If any composer could be considered synonymous with ballet, it would be Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, whose music is the foundation of three of the most beloved ballets of all time — “The Sleeping Beauty,” ...

Tchaikovsky's father was a successful mining engineer while his mother was the artistic, sensitive one, French by birth, and a good linguist. Pyotr was the second of her six children. He had a good ...

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 ...

Was Tchaikovsky a tempest or a drudge? The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and the “1812 Overture” is generally thought to have lived a life of melodrama. An alcoholic and ...

Among the most famous of Russian composers, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) is commonly described as an artist with a tortured soul, emblematic, perhaps, of a cultural landscape filled with ...

There are two extremes to be found in Tchaikovsky biography. One is a conspiracy of secrecy, where letters and diaries are published with systematic cuts, and where almost complete denial surrounds ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky's Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later, authored by Chris Nielsen, introduces an unprecedented ...

An opera by Tchaikovsky? It must be about Fate, with a capital F. Duels in the frosty dawn, blood on the snow. A fragile, innocent heroine, doomed love, incipient madness. Tchaikovsky: the ultimate ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later, authored by Chris Nielsen, introduces an unprecedented ...