Uzi Ben-Ami, PhD, has been a self-employed psychologist in Rockville, Maryland, since 1993. An avid listener to classical music, Uzi Ben-Ami, PhD, considers Tchaikovsky to be one of his favorites.
Creator of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is generally thought to be the most famous Russian composer. Though born into a non-musical family in the city of Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka, in 1840, at the age of five, he began to play the piano with much enthusiasm.
Nevertheless, his practical-minded parents prodded him towards a career in civil service and sent him to a school for such training. Though his mother died when he was 14, Tchaikovsky obeyed her wishes and accepted a job with the Ministry of Justice at the age of 19.
However, destiny had other plans for the young genius, and his love for music never waned. At 21, he was taking music lessons again, and a few months later, he was one the first to study music composition at the new St. Petersburg Conservatory.
By 1863, he was teaching harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, and Characteristic Dances, the first composition of his prolific career was performed in 1865.
Creator of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is generally thought to be the most famous Russian composer. Though born into a non-musical family in the city of Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka, in 1840, at the age of five, he began to play the piano with much enthusiasm.
Nevertheless, his practical-minded parents prodded him towards a career in civil service and sent him to a school for such training. Though his mother died when he was 14, Tchaikovsky obeyed her wishes and accepted a job with the Ministry of Justice at the age of 19.
However, destiny had other plans for the young genius, and his love for music never waned. At 21, he was taking music lessons again, and a few months later, he was one the first to study music composition at the new St. Petersburg Conservatory.
By 1863, he was teaching harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, and Characteristic Dances, the first composition of his prolific career was performed in 1865.
