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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall Icons. Composer and Conductor. The pre-eminent living figure in late–19th-century classical music, Tchaikovsky was identified as the person to launch the new Music Hall with sufficient celebrity and gravitas.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij; listen (help·info)) (born Kamsko-Votkinsk, 7 May 1840; died St Petersburg, 6 November 1893; pronounced chai-KOV-skee) was a Russian composer who lived in the Romantic period. He is one of the most popular of all Russian composers.
The first Russian to achieve international renown as a composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is also often considered the most Romantic of composers. He was also a deeply tormented and sensitive soul. By California Symphony. If Tchaikovsky felt it, it found a way into his music.”—Prof Robert Greenberg. Growing Up Tchaikovsky.
