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A major, award-winning series which combines interviews with leading artists and performances from great musicians. Features the fabulous young violinist Maxim Vengerov, the chief conductor of the Kirov, Valery Gergiev, and British opera director Graham Vick. Tchaikovsky is one of the most romantic and mysterious figures in music. After an abortive marriage, rumours have persisted that his death was self-imposed as the only way to avoid scandal about his homosexuality. Whatever the truth, Tchaikovsky's composed some of the very greatest romantic music, in operas such as Evgeny Onegin, ballets like Swan Lake and orchestral works like the violin concerto and the Pathetique symphony.