UN, November 8th. /tass/. A lecture on the work of the great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was held on Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York. The lesson, organized by the Russian Permanent Mission to the world Organization, was conducted by Denis Von Meck, a descendant of Tchaikovsky.
The event, which lasted about an hour, was attended by several dozen people. The topic of the lecture was the journey of the Russian composer to the USA at the end of the XIX century. During the lesson, Von Meck showed rare photographs, as well as excerpts from recordings describing the composer's impressions of the trip.