Hello Mr. Gershenson, I am the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and I will be telling you about my early life and education, early success and failures, and most famous pieces and achievements before my life ended in 1983 at age 53. Cholera is said to be the reason I passed away as well as the reason that my mom sadly passed away when I was 14 while attending boarding school in St. Petersburg. Throughout my life I have always regret the past, hoped in the future, and have been unsatisfied with the present.
I was born on May 7, 1840, and I started taking piano lessons when I was 5. Music wasn’t an option in Russian schools at the time, so my parents and I never thought that I would pursue a career in music. Therefore, my parents wanted me to become a civil servant. When I turned 17, I started taking lessons with a professional pianist at the Russian Musical Society, and officially started learning music then. My professional career started when I was 22 and at 25 my work was publicly performed.
From early on, my music provoked a very good response publicly for its catchy melodies. Most say that my music was colorful and impressive during the beginning of my career. As a kid, within months I was capable of playing Friedrich Kalkbrenner composition Le Fou, as well as many other complicated pieces. Overall, my early years were definitely a success despite my late start to a professional career. As my life as a composer I wrote seven symphonies, eleven operas, three ballets, five suites, three piano …show more content…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Mar. 2012. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky/71483. Accessed 26 Sep. 2017.
“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 19 Feb. 2015,
I was born on May 7, 1840, and I started taking piano lessons when I was 5. Music wasn’t an option in Russian schools at the time, so my parents and I never thought that I would pursue a career in music. Therefore, my parents wanted me to become a civil servant. When I turned 17, I started taking lessons with a professional pianist at the Russian Musical Society, and officially started learning music then. My professional career started when I was 22 and at 25 my work was publicly performed.
From early on, my music provoked a very good response publicly for its catchy melodies. Most say that my music was colorful and impressive during the beginning of my career. As a kid, within months I was capable of playing Friedrich Kalkbrenner composition Le Fou, as well as many other complicated pieces. Overall, my early years were definitely a success despite my late start to a professional career. As my life as a composer I wrote seven symphonies, eleven operas, three ballets, five suites, three piano …show more content…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Mar. 2012. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky/71483. Accessed 26 Sep. 2017.
“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 19 Feb. 2015,