Question

His violin concerto (below) is a favorite in concert halls all over the world today, but upon its 1881 premiere in vienna, it was lambasted by critics, including one who called it "odorously russian." during his lifetime, he was thought of as content_container --> too russian by foreign critics and too cosmopolitan by his countrymen, yet his music endures to this day. who is this composer?

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The correct answer is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. His name is also spelled as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, He was a Russian composer who lived from 1840 to 1893. Tchaikovsky also was the first composer who made a lasting international success, as he was a conductor in both Europe and the United States.