Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)

Gimn sbornoy Rossii
English: Anthem of Team Russia
Гимн сборной России[citation needed]
	Official anthem of the Russian Olympic Committee and the Russian Paralympic Committee
Music	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, November 1874
Adopted	2021

Piano Concerto in B♭ minor
Piano Concerto in B♭ minor
No. 1
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
	The composer, c. 1875
Opus	23
Composed	1874–75
Dedication	Hans von Bülow
Performed	25 October 1875: Boston
Movements	three
Audio samples
	I. Allegro (18:47) file; help;
	II. Andantino (6:28) file; help;
	III. Allegro (6:10) file; help;

The Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23, was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875.^[1] It was revised in 1879 and in 1888. It was first performed on October 25, 1875, in Boston by Hans von Bülow after Tchaikovsky's desired pianist, Nikolai Rubinstein, criticised the piece. Rubinstein later withdrew his criticism and became a fervent champion of the work. It is one of the most popular of Tchaikovsky's compositions and among the best known of all piano concerti.^[2]

From 2021 to 2022, it served as the sporting anthem of the Russian Olympic Committee as a substitute of the country's actual national anthem as a result of the doping scandal that prohibits the use of its national symbols.

^ Maes, 75.
^ Steinberg, 480.

[Maes,_75-1] Maes, 75.

[2] Steinberg, 480.

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English: Anthem of Team Russia
Гимн сборной России^{[citation needed]}
Official anthem of the Russian Olympic Committee and the Russian Paralympic Committee
Music	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, November 1874
Adopted	2021