Tchaikovsky's father was a successful mining engineer while his mother was the artistic, sensitive one, French by birth, and a good linguist. Pyotr was the second of ... and the initial failure of his ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose work would make a lasting impression internationally, with Swan Lake and The Nutcracker propelling him into classical music immortality.

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Swan Lake will only be in Shreveport for one night. The ballet, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, tells the story of a princess named Odette who is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” tells the story of Odette, a young princess, who is cursed by an evil sorcerer named Baron Von Rothbart to turn into a swan. One day, Odette encounters ...

As a result, companies like the State Ballet Theatre can perform works by Russian artists that are among the most popular ballets in the world, including Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake ...

Can you count 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3 in time with the music? Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pronounced PYOT-uhr il-YEETCH chigh-KOFF-ski) wrote some of the best known and most performed music of all time.