THE ULTIMATE
On this day, 7th May 1840, Russian composer Pyotyr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born.
Tchaikovsky originally trained to become a Civil Servant, took music classes in St. Petersberg, and joined the newly opened St. Petersberg Conservatory. Here he learned the Western musical style, that he was able to mix with his native Russian musical culture that he knew since childhood. The result of this merging of cultures was compositions such as the 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite including the Dance of the Sugar PLum Fairy and Romeo & Juliet. Thus, symphonies, overtures, operas and ballets were all in his repertoire, Tchaikovsky's personal life as been the subject of censorship by Soviet and Russian governments, due to his homosexuality. Tchaikovsky found fame both internationally, being a guest conductor in Europe and the United States, and at home being honoured by Tsar Alexnder III. So much so, So much so, he is seen as the first Russian composer to gain international recognition.
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