Chris Nielsen, author of Being Pyotr Ilyich, reveals why she chose to present Tchaikovsky's life in her book. The composer represents one of the author's past identities, who has explored more than 30 past lives over the last 10 years, using past life regression therapy.

Chris Nielsen confesses her intimate reasons for choosing this identity, but also why she felt that Tchaikovsky's personality was special, beyond his artistic value as a composer. The author's choice was not based on the character's notoriety, but on his human qualities, on Pyotr Ilyich's unique sensitivity, fragility and inner beauty.

Moreover, we understand how our being today is a composite result, a kind of puzzle created from our past personalities, formed in other previous lives.