When is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's birthday?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's birthday is May 7. He was born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia.

How old was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky when he died?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, aged 53.

Who shares a birthday with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

Famous people who share Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's May 7 birthday include Johannes Brahms, Josip Broz Tito, Eva Perón, Władysław Reymont and Gary Cooper.

Music · 1840–1893

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 7 May 1840 · Died: 6 November 1893 · Age: 53

Russian Romantic composer of the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker and the 1812 Overture

Did you know?Although he trained as a civil servant at a school of jurisprudence, he abandoned his legal career to study music at age twenty-two.

Quick facts

Date of birth7 May 1840
Date of death6 November 1893
Age at death53
Cause of deathCholera
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceVotkinsk, Russia
Occupationcomposer, librettist, conductor

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Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most instantly recognisable music in the world, from the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to the swans of Swan Lake. His three great ballets, including The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, transformed ballet music from mere accompaniment into a major art form. His symphonies and his First Piano Concerto are staples of concert halls everywhere. His music is famously emotional, sweeping from tenderness to despair, which partly reflects his own troubled private life. His 1812 Overture, complete with cannon fire, is still played at celebrations around the world.

Key Milestones

1877: Swan Lake premieres in Moscow
1890: The Sleeping Beauty premieres
1891: Conducts at Carnegie Hall's opening
1892: The Nutcracker premieres

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally.

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Tchaikovsky: Composer of Swan Lake

Russian composer, born 1840

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk on 7 May 1840.

He wrote Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.

He wrote the 1812 Overture.

He conducted at the opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891.

Career highlights

1877Swan Lake: premiere
18801812 Overture: composed
1890Sleeping Beauty: premiere
1891Carnegie Hall: opening concert
1892The Nutcracker: premiere

Did you know?His patron Nadezhda von Meck supported him for 13 years, yet they never met in person.

Age at death: 53
Years since death: 132

Family

Father: Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky
Mother: Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya
Spouse: Antonina Miliukova

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When is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's birthday?: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's birthday is May 7. He was born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia.
How old was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky when he died?: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, aged 53.
Who shares a birthday with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?: Famous people who share Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's May 7 birthday include Johannes Brahms, Josip Broz Tito, Eva Perón, Władysław Reymont and Gary Cooper.

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