Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 99

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor by Dmitri Shostakovich is a violin concerto composed in 1948. The work blends brooding, expressive slow movements with virtuosic, rhythmically driven passages and a sardonic scherzo, reflecting the composer's response to the political and stylistic pressures of the late 1940s and marking a notable development in his instrumental output.