Born in 1840, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s fusion of Western Classical composition techniques and traditional musical ideologies has undeniably cemented the Romantic virtuoso as one of the greatest composers of all time. Producing some of the most renowned works in the Classical canon, his ability to deliver the delicacy of ballets like ‘Swan Lake’ through to the tremendous uproar of his ‘1812 Overture’ pioneered a new era for Russian Classical music on an international scale.