Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto & The Passion Behind It
The Classical Music Minute - A podcast by Steven Hobé, Composer & Host - Mondays
DescriptionIt was the passionate and sometimes tempestuous relationship between Tchaikovsky and violinist Yosif Kotek that sparked the miraculous creation of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto, a true masterpiece. Join me, Steven Hobé, as we take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactAlthough Yosif Kotek and Tchaikovsky were inseparable at one time, due to Kotek’s “unbelievable womanizing” the two fell apart. They would occasionally meet, love had clearly turned into contempt, and they found each othe...