Home / Music / Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 became Russia's Olympic anthem in 2021Music linernotes album music tchaikovskyTchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 became Russia's Olympic anthem in 2021Since 2021, the opening theme of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 has been adopted as the anthem of the Russian Olympic Committee. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesTchaikovsky revised his Piano Concerto No. 1 twice — in 1879 and again in 1888Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 has three movements — and that iconic opening theme never comes back.Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is in B-flat minor, but opens in D-flat majorRubinstein called Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 'worthless' and 'unplayable'Rubinstein's rejection gave Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 to Hans von BülowExploreA missed cue made 2 Men, a Drum Machine & a Trumpet's Top of the Pops appearance memorableThe Menace II Society soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200Donald Fagen's The Nightfly was one of the first all-digital pop albumsFour Saints in Three Acts broke ground with an all-black cast of European saintsShields was Grizzly Bear's most collaborative albumPrevious Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 has three movements — and that iconic opening theme never comes back.Next Tchaikovsky's first symphony drove him to the point of hallucination