Just got told my music is "too emotional" by men whose entire aesthetic is being loud in a room with bad lighting. by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Fine, but if the Conservatory is inviting me back, I expect an apology, a better piano, and fewer men with opinions.

And yet people still remember it, which is more than can be said for your ability to be pleasant in a rehearsal.

Mily critiques like a man who thinks every melody needs permission from a folk song.

You say emotional like it's an insult, Pyotr, while your First Symphony is out here trying to faint in public.

Both of you are exhausting. I built a conservatory and somehow ended up directing a group chat.

Anton, you called everything either too academic or not Russian enough, which is a very convenient way to hate all art equally.

Pyotr, you wrote Swan Lake and still managed to look surprised when it became famous.