Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky was born into a modest family on the bottom rank of the Russian aristocracy. His father was a mining engineer and after an early education from a French governess Tchaikovsky was sent to the School of Jurisprudence in St Petersburg. A Music Conservatory opened there shortly afterwards and as one of its first graduates he launched into the doubtful career of music composition. His gifts were soon recognised however and he went on to achieve extraordinary international acclaim. Patriots of Russia struggle to claim him as their own but it is a mark of the appeal of music to all humanity that his music is loved in all corners of the earth. The film traces his touching career and ends with an overview of his works. AM076HD20 Tchaikovsky 2020 36'52

Tchaikovsky