The Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Opus 129, was Dmitri Shostakovich's last concerto. He wrote it in the spring of 1967 as an early 60th birthday present for its dedicatee, David Oistrakh. It was premiered unofficially in Bolshevo, near Moscow, on 13 September 1967, and officially on 26 September by Oistrakh and the Moscow Philharmonic under Kirill Kondrashin in Moscow.
| Date of composition | 1967 |
| Premiered | 1967, September 26th in Russia, Moscow |
| Type | Concerto |
| Tonality | C-sharp Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 129 |
| Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Concerto pour violon n°2 en do dièse mineur, Op. 129 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Concerto per violino n. 2 in do diesis minore, Op. 129 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Konzert Nr. 2 für Violine cis-moll, Op. 129 |