PYOTR LLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

CHILDHOOD

• When he was 5, he started taking piano lessons
• He was the second oldest of his parents’ six kids
• When he was 10, Tchaikovsky began attending the Imperial School of Jurisprudence
• His mother, Alexandra, died of cholera in 1854, when he was 14 years old
• When he was 21, Tchaikovsky decided to take music lessons at the Russian Musical Society

NATIONALITY

• He was born in Votkinsk, Russia
• He died at Saint Petersburg, Russia

BACKGROUND INFO

• When he was 21, Tchaikovsky decided to take music lessons at the Russian Musical Society
• His influence was Anton Rubinstein

WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS

WINTER DAYDREAM

THE NUTCRACKER

• https://youtu.be/M8J8urC_8Jw The first performance of the Christmas ballet was held at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia
• The origin of the Nutcracker is a fairy tale ballet in two acts centered on a family’s Christmas Eve celebration

WEBSITES

• Britannica.com
• Biography.com
• Nutcracker.com