Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102, by Dmitri Shostakovich was composed in 1957 for the 19th birthday of his son Maxim, who premiered the piece on 10 May 1957 during his graduation concert at the Moscow Conservatory. It contains many similar elements to Shostakovich's Concertino for Two Pianos: both works were written to be accessible for developing young pianists.^[1] It is an uncharacteristically cheerful piece, for Shostakovich.^{[2][better source needed]}