The Russian composer began his career in 1863, after having studied law and at the Conservatory under Anton Rubinstein. After a failed marriage with one of his female admirers (for Tchaikovsky had discovered his passion for men), the composer left Russia in 1877 to settle in Geneva and then in Clarens. From Switzerland, he continued his intense correspondence with Nadezhda von Meck, a wealthy widow who supported him financially so that he could devote himself fully to his art. The musician we >>>
