Tchaikovsky

American  

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

Also Tschaikowsky.

noun

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

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Tchaikovsky British  

/ tʃaɪˈkɒfskɪ, tʃɪjˈkɔfskij /

noun

1. 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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Tchaikovsky

For 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, MTT conducted Mahler and Tchaikovsky with a depth of soul that integrated his Russian roots and Bernsteinian character.

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

To test it, he played a Tchaikovsky concerto, spanning its high and middle registers, finding sounds he “didn’t even know violins were capable of.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

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

In mid-July, one hundred thousand irate Soviet citizens, inflamed by the government-controlled press, besieged the American embassy on Tchaikovsky Street, demanding that the United States withdraw its troops from Lebanon.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady