Peter Tchaikovsky is the person who composed the Nutcracker Ballet and Swan Lake. Swan Lake Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Peter Tchaikovsky in 1876. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets. The Nutcracker (1892) is a two act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with the musical score by Peter Tchaikovsky (Op. 71).

Tchaikovsky was born in May 1840, in Vyatka, Russia. He died in St. Petersburg on November 6, 1893. His collective body of work constitutes 169 pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, cantatas and songs. His most famed late works are the ballets that he composed.

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