The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his fifth symphony in 1888. It was first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on November 17 with Tchaikovsky himself as the conductor. He dedicated this symphony to the German musician and teacher Theodor Avé-Lallemant. The two met in 1888 and according to his diaries Tchaikovsky was very fond of Avé-Lallemant at that time. Th...
