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Peter Tchaikovsky with Georgian teachers of Georgia's musical school in 1886

Tchaikovsky and Anatoly Brandukov

Alexander Ilyich Siloti (left) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (right).

Kolya Konradi, Modest Tchaikovsky, Alexey Sofronov (standing) and Tchaikovsky in San Remo in 1878

Tchaikovsky 1893

Tchaikovsky in Ortachala gardens, Tbilisi (1889)

Dvořák in 1903

Dvořák in his graduation gown upon receipt of his honorary doctorate in Cambridge, 1891.

Dvořák and his wife, 1886 in England

Dvořák in 1868

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟳 The relationship between 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 began not with a…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was not a friendship in the usual sense, nor was it a direct personal feud…

𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 The relationship between 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was never a true friendship in the intimate sense, nor was it a simple personal rivalry. It was,…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮𝟬 - Utah Symphony - Maurice Abravanel, conductor https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-swan-141057728?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘀 - Borodin Quartet https://www.patreon.com/posts/tchaikovsky-2-141059062?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟮) By 1851, the eleven-year-old 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was fully immersed in life at the…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 – 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗜. 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 The family of 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский — originated from the 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲, blending…

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟬) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬) 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬, in the small industrial town of 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸,…

𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 was one of the most brilliant and charismatic American conductors of the post-war generation. Born in 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗼, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻, 𝗼𝗻 𝟵…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟯𝟱 - Zino Francescatti, violin - New York Philharmonic - Thomas Schippers, conductor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jq-hGcM1Rk

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 The marriage of 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮 is one of the most painful episodes in the composer’s life.…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆, 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆. Photographed in Nice, 23 January/4 February 1878.