Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15, was written during 1796-7. The first performance was in Prague in 1798, with Beethoven himself playing. This piece was Beethoven's third attempt at the genre, following an unpublished piano concerto in Eb major and the Piano Concerto no. 2, published after this one (in 1801) but composed almost ten years earlier.
