Tchaikovsky it was a great author.Russian music will be the big star of the 71st edition of the? San Sebastian Music Fortnight? which will begin in August with inaugural program based on the works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, famous composer born on May 7, 1840.

In addition to presenting a Russian conductors and soloists, in this event will feature performances by the Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Mariisnsky, St. Petersburg and the Russian National Orchestra.

Also, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (France), together with the Donostiarra Choral Society, will discuss a program based on Tchaikovsky, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev Russian, so the organizers unveiled.

Tchaikovsky is the author of several symphonies and concertos, operas and countless pieces of music for ballet, among which? Swan Lake? and?? The Nutcracker?.

Possessing an extremely sensitive personality, Tchaikovsky is without doubt one of the authors with more force in the repertoire of orchestras and ballet companies in the world.

His prodigious music intelligence was reflected through his works tinged accents of his native land, Imperial Russia of the czars, who became one of the quintessential Romantic composers.

The author of the classic ballet music? Swan Lake? started first in the field of jurisprudence in St. Petersburg in 1852, studies abandoned in 1862 when it opened the Conservatory of that city, to devote himself entirely to music.

In 1865, Tchaikovsky had already released his first composition for orchestra,? Dance of the maids? In an open air concert, led by Johann Strauss, while Nikolai Rubinstein was offered the professorship of harmony at the newly founded Moscow Conservatory.

During the seven years he spent in Moscow, Tchaikovsky divided his time between teaching and composing, as well as the works were born? Symphony No. 1 in G minor?, A piece that was very popular among Russian composers of the time, known as the group of five (Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Mussorgsky, Borodin and Balakirev).

The 1869 Moscow premiere his first opera? Voyevoda? and in the summer of that year ended another opera? Ondina? and started the first version? Overture Romeo and Juliet?, work suggested by Balakirev and failed when it opened in March 1870.

In 1871, Tchaikovsky wrote a large number of pieces, among which is the famous? Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major? and was initially dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, but he criticized it as devastating as the composer changed the dedication to the pianist Hans von Balow, who premiered it in Boston, on October 25, 1875.

The year 1875 is significant in the musical life of the composer, as well as writing one of his most important,? Symphony No. 3 in D major? Called? Polish?, Gave birth to her first ballet ? Swan Lake?, premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877.

It was during that year when the writer wrote one of his best musical creations: the? Symphony No. 4 in F minor?, Which he dedicated to Mrs. Nadejda Von Meck – his patron – and began the work of his most famous opera? Eugene Onegin?.

Although he was terrified of being in front of an orchestra, Tchaikovsky began in 1887 an international career as composer and conductor on the podium of music groups in cities such as Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Paris and London.

Once back in Russia, in 1888, he composed the most famous of all ballets of the nineteenth century? Sleeping Beauty?, Based on the famous story by Charles Perrault, which premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg In January 1890, with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa original.

Tchaikovsky came to America in 1891 to participate in the celebrations for the inauguration of the Music Hall in New York, renamed later as Carnegie Hall.

After returning to Russia in 1892 wrote? Nutcracker?, Which premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre, with choreography by Ivanov.

In the same year he composed his last two works: the? Piano Concerto No. 3? and? Symphony No. 6 in B minor? known as? Pathetic? the greatest of his symphonies was released on October 28, 1893, and a week later, on November 6, 1893, Tchaikovsky died in a cholera epidemic.