After you tire of pop music in your mid-20s, you dip your toes into classical music with Tchaikovsky and then go on a trajectory of Puccini, Verdi, Beethoven and Mozart among others and only begin to develop an appreciation of Wagner in later life.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/02/wagner-groups-ride-of-the-valkyries-a-damp-squib/

Albeit biased toward Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov (Second Piano Concerto), I understand what he was saying.

Source: https://thyblackman.com/2023/12/14/black-americans-asian-americans-mexican-americans-and-white-americans-challenging-gender-narratives-a-reflection-on-identity-tolerance-and-personal-beliefs/

Tchaikovsky was another of Mr. Holden’s subjects.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/books/anthony-holden-dead.html