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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaickovsky

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  • Date of Birth

    Date of Birth
    Source
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk on the 7th of May 1840.

  • Piano lessons

    Piano lessons
    Tchaikovsky took piano lessons from the age of 5.

  • The Imperial School of Jurisprudence in Saint Petersburg

    The family decided to send Tchaikovsky to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in St.-Petersburg.

  • Private Lessons

    Private Lessons
    Tchaikovsky's father funded private lessons for his son.

  • Junior Assistant

    He became a junior assistant at the Ministry of Justice.

  • Classes in Music Theory

    Classes in Music Theory
    Tchaikovsky attended classes in music theory of the Mikhailovsky Palace (now the Russian Museum) in Saint Petersburg.

  • St.-Petersburg Conservatory

    St.-Petersburg Conservatory
    Tchaikovsky enrolled at the newly founded St.-Petersburg Conservatory but held on to his Ministry post until the following year.

  • Moscow Conservatory

    Moscow Conservatory
    He moved to Moscow where he became a professor of harmony at the Moscow Conservatory.

  • Zaremba

    Zaremba
    He studied harmony and counterpoint with Zaremba.

  • 'Swan Lake'

    'Swan Lake'
    Tchaikovsky completed the ballet 'Swan Lake'.

  • 'Eugene Onegin'

    'Eugene Onegin'
    The opera 'Eugene Onegin' was staged in the Bolshoi Opera House.

  • 'Sleeping Beauty'

    'Sleeping Beauty'
    The ballet 'Sleeping Beauty' was set in the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.

  • Member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in France

    Member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in France
    Tchaikovsky was voted a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in France.

  • Date of Death

    Date of Death
    Tchaikovsky died aged 53 in Saint Petersburg.