Contemporaries
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Music · composition
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- 1864–1893
A composer, conductor and teacher whose work encompassed symphonies, opera, ballet and chamber music. After studying at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, he taught in Moscow before concentrating on composition and concerts. His works include Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Performances brought international recognition; his final conducting appearance introduced the Sixth Symphony shortly before his death.
- Lifetime
- 1840–1893
- Work
- Composer; professor at the Moscow Conservatoire from 1866; conductor.
- Period shown
- From The Storm overture (1864), an early substantial work, to 1893.