Tchaikovsky
Year after year, the music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) continues to attract listeners who like romantic sounds that remind us of the greatness and eternity of the universe, as well as the inner turmoil and pain of a tortured soul. Tchaikovsky was also the first famously gay composer -- "outed" in a tall tale of seduction and suicide.
Behold! A fifty-year-old Tchaikovsky with a young man of just the sort that got him into so much trouble. Is it any wonder young men of taste all over the world still prefer Symphony #6, PathetÃque? 
Moscow 1958: tall, Texan and so beautiful, 23-year-old Van Cliburn takes his talents over the Iron Curtain to become the first American to win the Tchaikovsky competition. Seen around the world shaking Kruschev's hand, the young man proved that Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 could bring the United States and the USSR together for mutual appreciation of beauty and refinement.
Moscow 1958: tall, Texan and so beautiful, 23-year-old Van Cliburn takes his talents over the Iron Curtain to become the first American to win the Tchaikovsky competition. Seen around the world shaking Kruschev's hand, the young man proved that Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 could bring the United States and the USSR together for mutual appreciation of beauty and refinement.
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