Piano Concerto No. 1 is a piano concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1874–1875 and premiered in 1875. The work exemplifies Romantic-era orchestral writing with a grand, virtuosic piano part, sweeping melodic themes and dramatic orchestration, and it occupies a prominent place in Tchaikovsky's early mature output where it helped bring his music to wider international attention.