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Premiere at Theater an der Wien

Name: Premiere at Theater an der Wien
Start: 1806-12-23
Location: Vienna

When: 23 December 1806
Where: Vienna
Part of: Beethoven premieres his Violin Concerto at the Theater an der Wien

Beethoven's Violin Concerto premiered on 23 December 1806 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna during a benefit concert for Franz Clement.

The performance was unsuccessful, and the work languished in obscurity for decades. Some sources state that Clement interrupted the concerto between the first and second movements with a solo composition played on one string of the violin held upside down, while other sources claim he played this piece only at the end.

Sources

Violin Concerto (Beethoven) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-13

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