Who gave the first performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1?

The first performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was given by the German virtuoso Hans von Bülow.1

Tchaikovsky originally intended for his colleague Nikolay Rubinstein to premiere the work; however, Rubinstein harshly criticized the composition and refused to perform it without major revisions. Tchaikovsky declined to alter the piece and instead offered it to von Bülow, who premiered the concerto in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 25, 1875.1