Tchaikovsky
www.tchaikovsky-research.net

About this Project

The www.tchaikovsky-research.net web-site was launched in February 2006 (initially as www.tchaikovsky-research.org), with the aim of making information about the life and works of Russia's greatest composer more widely accessible.

This on-going project is the product of collaboration of Tchaikovsky scholars and enthusiasts worldwide, and we intend continually to expand upon the present modest selection of pages by adding new information on a regular basis.

If you are interested in helping with the project, or would simply like to pass on your comments, then you are welcome to contact us at:

info@tchaikovsky-research.net

These pages are continually being expanded, and details of important recent changes are listed in the right-hand column of this page.

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Translators Wanted

Work is progressing on the next phase of development of the Tchaikovsky Research web-site, and you may be in a position to help.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the translation of documents from Russian into English, so that they can be published on these pages. Like all the work on this site, it would be a labour of love (i.e. without payment), but your translations could benefit hundreds of thousands of English-speaking Tchaikovsky lovers worldwide. If you would be interested in finding out more, then please e-mail info@tchaikovsky-research.net for more details.

Recent main updates

(See also our message Forum)

7 May 2010 — 170 years since Tchaikovsky's birth, a new section of our site provides information on all 5,260 of his surviving letters to relatives, friends and fellow musicians.

6 November 2009 — on the 116th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's death, the Works section has been redesigned and expanded to include information on first editions and the locations of Tchaikovsky's autograph manuscripts.

7 May 2009 — on the 169th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth, we are pleased to announce that all 57 of the composer's music review articles written for newspapers in Moscow between 1868 and 1876, can now be read in English translations specially prepared for this web-site. 

11 April 2009 — a trial version of our new Bibliography and Recordings Database is now available (please note that there may be changes or disruption to the service during this test period) 

6 November 2008 — on the 115th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's death, we add a new set of pages about the Places where the composer visited and lived, spanning three continents and 150 towns, cities and villages.

23 August 2008 — more links added to Tchaikovsky scores on the IMSLP web-site (including many rareties).

16 April 2008 — new version (2.7) of the Discography added.

27 December 2007 — new section on Tchaikovsky's Unfinished and Projected Works added.

23 September 2007 — launch of a new People section, devoted to the composer's family, friends and associates.

9 September 2007 — addition of a new biographical feature: Tchaikovsky: A Life, by Alexander Poznansky.