Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russia, 1865–1893

Russia's most beloved composer. Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, six symphonies and the First Piano Concerto unite Russian melancholy with supreme melodic gift.

Influenced by

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Mily Balakirev
• Robert Schumann
• Anton Rubinstein

Influenced

• Igor Stravinsky
• Sergei Taneyev
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Jean Sibelius