Tchaikovsky

American

[chahy-kawf-skee, -kof-, chi-] / tʃaɪˈkɔf ski, -ˈkɒf-, tʃɪ- /

Also Tschaikowsky.

noun

Peter Ilyich or Pëtr Ilich 1840–93, Russian composer.

Tchaikovsky British

/ tʃaɪˈkɒfskɪ, tʃɪjˈkɔfskij /

noun

Pyotr Ilyich (pjɔtr iljˈjitʃ). 1840–93, Russian composer. His works, which are noted for their expressive melodies, include the Sixth Symphony (the Pathétique; 1893), ballets, esp Swan Lake (1876) and The Sleeping Beauty (1889), and operas, including Eugene Onegin (1879) and The Queen of Spades (1890), both based on works by Pushkin

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By 1974, it was Tchaikovsky one moment and a wonderfully crazy avant-garde opera the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

He got a contract with the distinguished German record label Deutsche Grammophon and made exciting records with the orchestra of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Ives and modern Americans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

But Chamberlain was cast as Tchaikovsky in Ken Russell's overblown biopic, The Music Lovers, in which he starred opposite Glenda Jackson.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

Instead, there were small pieces, quite a few by little-known composers, along with Bruckner motets, bits of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and Bernstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024

His artistic taste became their own: “We weren’t supposed to like Tchaikovsky, because Oppenheimer never liked Tchaikovsky,” objected one student, Edwin Uehling.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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