Yevgeny Mravinsky
The First Violin Concerto was written for renowned Soviet violinist David Oistrakh, and Shostakovich initially played the work for the violinist in 1948. In the intervening years, the concerto was edited by Shostakovich with the collaboration of Oistrakh. Oistrakh performed the premiere of the concerto on 29 October 1955 with the Leningrad Philharmonic with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting. It was received in Russia and abroad as an "extraordinary success".