In 1855, Tchaikovsky's father paid for private lessons with Rudolph Kundinger. He also asked Kundinger about a career in music for Tchaikovsky, but Kundinger said that while he was impressed by the boy, nothing suggested to him a future as a composer or performer.
Not being discouraged, 21 year old Tchaikovsky attended music theory classes being taught by Nikolai Zaremba in 1861. The classes were organized by the RMS(Russian Music Society), which was founded in 1859 by the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and her protege, pianist and compser, Anton Rubenstein.
Tchaikovsky's successes during his first years as a composer were inconsistent and were won with tremendous effort. The disappointments in between made a lifelong sensitivity to criticism. Also, while Nikolai Rubinstein expended a large amount of effort in spreading Tchaikovsky's music, he was also prone to fits of rage in private with the composer while critiquing it. One of these rages, later documented by Tchaikovsky, involved Rubinstein's rejection of the First Piano Concerto. The work was later premiered by Hans von Bülow, whose pianism had impressed the composer during an appearance in Moscow. Eventually, Rubinstein reconsidered and took up the work
Some of his most notable works include: 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto Number 1, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Marche Slave.
Not being discouraged, 21 year old Tchaikovsky attended music theory classes being taught by Nikolai Zaremba in 1861. The classes were organized by the RMS(Russian Music Society), which was founded in 1859 by the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and her protege, pianist and compser, Anton Rubenstein.
Tchaikovsky's successes during his first years as a composer were inconsistent and were won with tremendous effort. The disappointments in between made a lifelong sensitivity to criticism. Also, while Nikolai Rubinstein expended a large amount of effort in spreading Tchaikovsky's music, he was also prone to fits of rage in private with the composer while critiquing it. One of these rages, later documented by Tchaikovsky, involved Rubinstein's rejection of the First Piano Concerto. The work was later premiered by Hans von Bülow, whose pianism had impressed the composer during an appearance in Moscow. Eventually, Rubinstein reconsidered and took up the work
Some of his most notable works include: 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto Number 1, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Marche Slave.