Tchaikovsky

In late April, the album “Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique,’” from Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, was released.

His brilliant yuletime hit, “The Hard Nut,” based on Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” has been delighting audiences of all ages for three decades, but it does happen to include a comedic maid in drag.

But Chamberlain was cast as Tchaikovsky in Ken Russell's overblown biopic, The Music Lovers, in which he starred opposite Glenda Jackson.

I remember him saying that in his New York apartment, he practiced Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings on his upright bass while watching snow fall outside his window.

Each boasts an International Tchaikovsky Competition gold medal.