Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra
by Alfred Schnittke
DedicationVladimir Krainev
Duration28 minutes
Premiere
Date19 December 1979 (1979-12-19)
LocationGreat Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Leningrad, Russian SFSR
ConductorAlexander Dmitriev
Performers

The Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra is a piano concerto composed by Alfred Schnittke in 1979, and premiered in Leningrad that year. The unconventional work is in a single movement with contrasting sections. It is one of Schnittke's most often performed works. It is also known as Schnittke's Piano Concerto.