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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1887.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky visited the United States in the spring of 1891 to serve as a guest conductor for the inauguration of Carnegie Hall in New York City. During his visit, he conducted performances before enthusiastic audiences in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.12