Biography of Tchaikovsky P.I. In summary

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in the spring of 1840. He grew up an unusually tender and sensitive child, and his congenital tenderness worsened at the age of 14, after leaving his mother's life. First he received home education, then spent two years at the boarding school and, at last, enrolling in the School of Jurisprudence. Propensity to music-making came in adolescence. Tchaikovsky's creative biography begins with the 21st anniversary, when he decides to seriously engage in music, especially harmony. And the next year he goes to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, fully devoting himself to music. He absorbs the elements of composition and orchestration from AG Rubinstein, and here as a student he creates several works. A short biography of Tchaikovsky tells of the successful completion of his studies, after which he was invited to take the position of Professor of Harmony (Moscow Conservatory).

Over the next few years, the composer composed his famous works: Winter Dreams, Voevoda's opera, Undine's opera, Romeo and Juliet's overture, Second and Third Symphonies, in succession three string quartets, First B-minor minor concert, successful A fantasy called "Francesca da Rimini", variations of rococo for cello accompanied by an orchestra, opera "Oprichnik" and the Imperial award for the opera "Blacksmith Vakula", ballet "Swan Lake".

The composer regularly makes overseas trips to Switzerland, to Italy, to the city of Paris. In 1877, the biography of Tchaikovsky P. I. is distinguished by two very important events. This is the beginning of friendship with Nadezhda von Meck, a wealthy widow who adored Tchaikovsky's music; She supported him for many years, but did not see him. The second event was the marriage of Antonina Milyukova. Biography of Tchaikovsky is full of consequences from the done step, which turned out to be terrible: there was an unimplemented suicide attempt, after which he left his wife. Then he kept a woman for many years, but did not see her again. In 1878 the great genius concludes the Fourth Symphony and the beautiful opera Eugene Onegin.

After a number of tumultuous events, the biography of Tchaikovsky's P.I. entered the old channel. From 1885 until his death, he lives in an estate near the town of Klin. As before, there are many abroad, long lives with relatives and friends. In this creative period, from the pen of the composer comes three operas, namely: "The Enchantress", "The Maid of Orleans", "Mazepa". They are followed by a violin concerto in D major, also a concert, but the piano is in G major, the solemn overture "1812", an instrumental trio dedicated to N. G. Rubinstein, as well as three orchestral suites, the symphony "Manfred". Gradually, the maestro overcame his former disgust for open performances and began to conduct the execution of his works. The beginning of 1888 was marked by the accomplishment of a large foreign tour with concerts in Prague, Leipzig, Paris, Hamburg, Berlin, London. Two years later the best opera genius was born - "The Queen of Spades".

Biography of Tchaikovsky, briefly narrating about the last three years of the composer's life, testifies to the trips of the maestro with performances in the USA, he also receives the honorary doctorate of music in England, finishes the ballad for the Voevoda voice and orchestra, the one-act opera "Iolanta", the ballet The Nutcracker », Sixth Symphony in B Minor. Ill with cholera, P.I. Tchaikovsky dies in St. Petersburg on October 25 (in a new style - November 6) in 1893