[1] The concerto is dedicated to Carolin Widmann ("für Caro") and was commissioned by Suntory Hall, Orchestre de Paris and Frankfurt Radio Symphony.

"[5][6] Later Carolin has made an international career and often played standard Classical and Romantic repertoire.

[1] This is manifested by the citation of virtuoso Romantic and Late-Romantic violin concertos, the English ballad Scarborough Fair and a French chanson.

[8] The concerto employed woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and a harp and celesta:[1] The premiere took place at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, followed by performances in Europe with Orchestre de Paris and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding and Frankfurt Radio Symphony at the Alte Oper under Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

[9] Sofia Nyblom of Svenska Dagbladet wrote: "theatrical premiere that combines existential precociousness with childlike innocence" ("teatralt uruppförande som förenar existentiell brådmognad med barnslig oskuld").