Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
(1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky engendered a new style of Russian music that incorporated developments of the Western European musical tradition while remaining integrally Russian. His three full-length ballet scores, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, are the masterpieces of the Classical tradition. His operas combine a gift for lyricism with a sensitive response to words and sophisticated dramatic structure, with Eugene Onegin, Mazeppa and The Queen of Spades among his greatest works. Tchaikovsky was born in rural Russia and began studying the piano aged four. He studied at the St Petersburg School of Jurisprudence, then graduated into the Ministry of Justice and worked there for two years before dedicating himself to music. He studied at the newly opened St Petersburg Conservatory between 1862 and 1865 under Nikolay Rubinstein and moved to Moscow early in 1866 to teach there at the Conservatory. Works from this period include the first four symphonies, his three string quartets, numerous songs and piano works, the operas Voyevoda, Oprichnik, Vakula the Smith and Eugene Onegin, incidental music for The Snow Maiden and Swan Lake. After the end of his short-lived marriage Tchaikovsky travelled around Europe, writing such works as the Second Piano Concerto, the Serenade for Strings, his first three orchestral suites and the operas The Maid of Orleans and Mazeppa. In 1885 he settled in Klin, where in addition to composing such works as Manfred, the Fifth Symphony and Cherevichki he began his conducting career. From 1889 he rose to international prominence and wrote such masterpieces as The Queen of Spades, The Sleeping Beauty and the Sixth Symphony.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky engendered a new style of Russian music that incorporated developments of the Western European musical tradition while remaining integrally Russian. His three full-length ballet scores, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, are the masterpieces of the Classical tradition. His operas combine a gift for lyricism with a sensitive response to words and sophisticated dramatic structure, with Eugene Onegin, Mazeppa and The Queen of Spades among his greatest works. Tchaikovsky was born in rural Russia and began studying the piano aged four. He studied at the St Petersburg School of Jurisprudence, then graduated into the Ministry of Justice and worked there for two years before dedicating himself to music. He studied at the newly opened St Petersburg Conservatory between 1862 and 1865 under Nikolay Rubinstein and moved to Moscow early in 1866 to teach there at the Conservatory. Works from this period include the first four symphonies, his three string quartets, numerous songs and piano works, the operas Voyevoda, Oprichnik, Vakula the Smith and Eugene Onegin, incidental music for The Snow Maiden and Swan Lake. After the end of his short-lived marriage Tchaikovsky travelled around Europe, writing such works as the Second Piano Concerto, the Serenade for Strings, his first three orchestral suites and the operas The Maid of Orleans and Mazeppa. In 1885 he settled in Klin, where in addition to composing such works as Manfred, the Fifth Symphony and Cherevichki he began his conducting career. From 1889 he rose to international prominence and wrote such masterpieces as The Queen of Spades, The Sleeping Beauty and the Sixth Symphony.
Performances
November 27. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
rehearsal
THE NUTCRACKER
November 27. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
November 30. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 2. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 3. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 4. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 4. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 6. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 8. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 10. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 10. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 11. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 14. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 16. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 17. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 18. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 20. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 21. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 21. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 23. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 23. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 24. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 25. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 26. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 26. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 28. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 29. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 30. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 31. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 5. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 6. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 7. 14:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 7. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 8. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 15. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
March 16. 18:00
ballet
12
rehearsal
SWAN LAKE
March 18. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 19. 19:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 21. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 23. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 24. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 25. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 26. 11:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 29. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 30. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 31. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 1. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 2. 11:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 8. 11:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
May 6. 11:00
youth programme
4
premiere
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 7. 11:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 13. 16:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 14. 11:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 20. 11:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 21. 11:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 27. 11:00
youth programme
4
LITTLE SLEEPING BEAUTY
May 28. 11:00
youth programme
4