Description
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 –1893) was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. He wrote Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, several symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin. At first his talent was not recognized in Russia because the training he received at the St. Petersburg Conservatory was Western-oriented. So Tchaikovsky had to resolve the conflict between the expectations of Russians with the Western style in which he wrote.
