The premiere, on 12 October 1830, was “a success... a full house.” There was “an audience of about 700,” according to the Kurier Warszawski. The concerto, with Chopin himself at the piano and Carlo Evasio Soliva conducting. The piece was followed by “thunderous applause.” Seven weeks later, in Paris, following the political outbreaks in Poland, Chopin played his concerto for the first time in France at the Salle Pleyel. It was received well, once again. François-Joseph Fétis wrote in "La Revue musicale" the next day that “There is spirit in these melodies, there is fantasy in these passages, and everywhere there is originality.”