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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1887.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, premiered in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 25, 1875.1
The performance was given by the German virtuoso Hans von Bülow during an American tour, following the composer's decision to offer the work to him after Nikolay Rubinstein initially criticized the composition.1