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Mini Bio (1). Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Vyatka region, Russia. He was the second of six children (five brothers and one sister). His father, named Ilya Chaikovsky, was a mining business executive in Votkinsk.
At the very end of 1875, Tchaikovsky left Russia to travel in Europe. He was powerfully impressed by a performance of Georges Bizetâs Carmen at the OpÃ©ra-Comique in Paris; in contrast, the production of Richard Wagnerâs Ring cycle, which he attended in Bayreuth, Germany, during the summer of 1876, left him cold.