Violin Concerto (Weinberg)

Violin Concerto
by Mieczysław Weinberg
KeyG minor
Opus67
Composed1959 (1959)
DedicationLeonid Kogan
Performed12 February 1961 (1961-02-12)
PublisherSikorski
Duration26 min.
Movements4

Mieczysław Weinberg composed his Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67, in 1959. The violin concerto was premiered and subsequently recorded in Moscow by soloist Leonid Kogan in 1961, but it was not until the 21st century that it was first performed in Germany, the U.S. and other countries.