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Tchaikovsky's mother's name is Alexandra Andreyeuna, and his father's name is Il'ya Petrovich.
That would be Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the Russian composer, b 1840, d 1893. He wrote "Peter and the Wolf" as well as "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "The Nutcracker", "The 1812 Overature" and...
7 symphonies (plus 4 orchestal suites)