Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 7 May 1840 [O.S. 25 April] – 6 November 1893 [25 October])was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. He wrote some of the most 人気 コンサート and theatrical 音楽 in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets 白鳥, スワン Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First ピアノ Concerto, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.

Born into a middle-class family, Tchaikovsky's education prepared him for a career as a civil servant, despite the musical precocity he had demonstrated from an early age. Against the wishes of his family he chose to pursue...