October 18 1893 (Julian calendar)

Satina notes that this was Rachmaninoff’s first appearance as a conductor. Threlfall and Norris indicate that the first complete performance had been in Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, April 27 1893, conducted by Ippolit Altani. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.