Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 15

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 is a piano concerto by Johannes Brahms, composed between 1854 and 1858 and premièred in 1859. The work combines Romantic orchestral colour with virtuosic and symphonic piano writing—marked by dramatic contrasts, dense harmonies and expansive movements—and represents Brahms's first major foray into large-scale concerto form, signalling his development into a leading symphonic composer of the Romantic era.