The same is true for the violin concerto. At the time Tchaikovsky wrote this, no one would agree to play it — none of the highest virtuosos of the day. They refused and said it was impossible!

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Then came a series of crises. Late in 1874 he finished his Piano Concerto No 1 and played it through to Nikolai Rubinstein, to whom he had dedicated it. Rubinstein denounced it as ugly and unplayable.