Piano Concerto (Burgmüller)
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Norbert Burgmüller, Lithography by Jakob Becker
The Piano Concerto Op. 1 in F-sharp minor is a concerto for piano and orchestra written by Norbert Burgmüller in 1828–1829. It premiered on 14 January 1830 and was performed by Burgmüller at the piano.
Because of the early accidental death of Burgmüller at the age of 26 – he drowned in a spa in Aachen most likely due to an epileptic seizure – it is his only piano concerto.[1][2]
The premiere was on 14 January 1830 in Kassel with Burgmüller at the piano. In 1833 Burgmüller became friends with Felix Mendelssohn, who performed the solo part in Düsseldorf on 3 May 1834.[3][4]
