Rachmaninoff(1873–1943)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

c小调第二钢琴协奏曲，作品18

Key: C minor
Composed: 1901

Premiered The complete concerto was first played in Moscow on 9 November 1901, with the composer as soloist and Alexander Siloti conducting.

Upcoming performances

SymphonicThu22Oct 2026

Paavo Järvi, Alexandre Kantorow & Estonian Festival Orchestra

Oriental Concert Hall · 19:30

About the work

Written after a three-year block and dedicated to Nikolai Dahl, the doctor who treated him. It opens with eight piano chords alone, each heavier than the last, before the orchestra enters at all.

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