https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRAE7T41I-J4hwZ9bhFVTDSziNabfA7PK Concertgebouworkest & #KlausMäkelä | Tschaikowsky | #Tchaikovsky #russianMusic #ClassicalMusic "Tchaikovsky’s sense of a troubled existence, shared with the Russian intelligentsia as a class, was exacerbated by his mental instability and, of course, belonging to an ostracized sexual minority..Tchaikovsky sublimated his emotions in music. It was his curse and his blessing, as it usually is with every creative personality.. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9867824-romanov-riches #SolomonVolkov