The concerto was premiered on 15 October 1933 in the season opening concerts of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with Shostakovich at the piano, Fritz Stiedry conducting, and Alexander Schmidt playing the trumpet solos. "By all accounts, Shostakovich played brilliantly" and the concerto was well received. The performance was repeated on 17 October.

Date of composition 1933
Type Concerto
Tonality C Minor
Catalogue Op. 35
Instruments Piano
Trumpet
String Orchestra
Autotranslations beta Dmitri Chostakovitch: Concerto pour piano n°1 en do mineur, Op. 35
Dmitrij Šostakovič: Concerto per pianoforte n. 1 in do minore, Op. 35
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Konzert Nr. 1 für Klavier c-moll, Op. 35