Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)

The venue was an open-air stage in Sokolniki Park, and during the performance a strong wind blew Steinberg's glasses off, so that he could no longer see the score and had to conduct the remainder from memory.

[2] The British premiere was on 13 April 1940, at the Queen's Hall, London, with pianist Moura Lympany (who was approached after Clifford Curzon had declined), conducted by Alan Bush.

It received its American debut on 14 March 1942, by Maro Ajemian at the Juilliard School in New York, conducted by Albert Stoessel.

Although the term "flexatone" is used, the second movement, Andante con anima, is one of the few classical pieces to make use of a musical saw,[4][5][6] although this instrument is often omitted in performances and recordings of the concerto.

Since then it has been recorded by, among others, Lev Oborin, Oscar Levant, Peter Katin, Boris Berezovsky, Mindru Katz, Dora Serviarian Kuhn, Constantine Orbelian, Alicia de Larrocha, Leonard Pennario, Lorin Hollander, Gintaras Januševičius, Iyad Sughayer, Alberto Portugheis and Ingrid Sala Santamaria.