Piotr Il’yuich Tchaikovsky (1 Jan 1840 Jahr – 1 Jan 1893 Jahr)

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Nationality: Russian

Tchaikovsky was the most prominent Russian composer of the nineteenth century in both Russia and the Americas. He combined Russian heritage with influences from Italian opera, French ballet, and German symphony and song.

Graduating from law school in St. Petersburg at age 19, he was destined for a career in government. After four years as a civil servant, however, he enrolled at the new St. Petersburg Conservatory and studied with Anton Rubinstein, becoming one of the first to graduate. He then received a teaching position at the Moscow conservatory and remained there for 12 years.

Though professionally successful, his personal life was in disarray. He was prone to bouts of depression, constantly worried about money due to over spending, and struggled with the gradual realization of his homosexuality. On the cusp of a nervous break down, he returned to St. Petersburg two months into a hasty marriage with Antonina Milyukova, though they never divorced.

He traveled throughout Europe as a conductor, and briefly toured the United States in 1891. He died nine days after the premiere of his Sixth Symphony.

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