Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pronounced PYOT-uhr il-YEETCH chigh-KOFF-ski) wrote some of the best known and most performed music of all time. He was most famous ... of his early pieces for her.

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 her six children. He had a good ...

Try Tchaikovsky's magical music from the Nutcracker ballet. Music from The Nutcracker features on this year's set of Ten Pieces ... score is one of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's most popular and ...

John Suchet presents a major new eight-part series looking at the fascinating life and music of one of classical music’s most famous – and most influential – composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. With ...