![]() ![]() RUSQUARTET was founded in 2001 at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the tutelage of Galina Soboleva, cellist of the Prokofiev Quartet. ![]() Tchaikovsky himself wrote a version for cello and string orchestra in the late 1880s, which he conducted in Berlin, Paris and Odessa. With the exception of the Andante cantabile from the first quartet, which thanks to countless arrangements became one of his most popular pieces, not unlike the Adagio of Samuel Barber, which also originally is the slow movement of his string quartet. He also toured the United States, where he was afforded impressive hospitality.Despite the fame and popularity of Tchaikovsky’s works such as the ballet scores of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, the Serenade for string orchestra, the last three symphonies (in particular the sixth, the “Pathétique”), the opera’s (in particular Eugene Onegin), the first piano concerto and last but not least the violin concerto, his output for string quartet has not yet reached the international audience as much as one could expect, considering the high quality of the compositions and the reputation of the composer. A year later, in 1891, he was invited to the United States to participate in the opening ceremonies for Carnegie Hall. At the age of fifty, he premiered Sleeping Beauty and The Queen of Spades in St. He overcame his shyness and started conducting appearances in concert halls throughout Europe, making his music the first of any Russian composer to be accepted and appreciated by Western music consumers. Tchaikovsky’s music ultimately earned him international acclaim, leading to his receiving a lifelong subsidy from the Tsar in 1885. He composed that work in his mid-thirties, a decade when he premiered his opera Eugene Onegin and composed the 1812 Overture (excerpt may be viewed at the link on tchaikovsky.html) and Serenade for Strings. In appreciation and respect for his patron, Tchaikovsky dedicated his fourth symphony to Meck. The secured environment she afforded Tchaikovsky enabled him to compose unrestrainedly and very creatively. In his letters to Meck, Tchaikovsky would explain how he envisioned and wrote his music, describing it as a holistic compositional process, with his envisioning the thematic development to the instrumentation being all one thought. They communicated through a series of letters to one another, and this distance letter-friendship soon became one of fervent attachment. Due to the social norms of the era, she had to be very careful to make sure that her intentions in supporting the composer went towards his music and not towards the composer as a man consequently, they never met one another other than possibly through the undirected mutual glances at a crowded concert hall or theater. From her secluded estate, she raised her eleven children and managed her estate and railroads. His benefactor was a widowed industrialist, Nadezhda von Meck, who was dominating and emotional and who loved his music. Her financial support helped restore Tchaikovsky to health, freed him from his burdensome teaching responsibilities, and permitted him to focus on his compositions. Source: WikimediaĪt this darkest hour for Tchaikovssky, a kind, wealthy benefactress who admired his music became his sponsor. \): Pyotr Tchaikovsky by Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov.
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