eventually, ravel offered the premiere and dedicated the concerto to marguerite long, who was known for her performances of the works of fauré and debussy and had earlier asked ravel for a new work. she received the score on 11 november 1931, and played the concerto on 14 january 1932, with ravel conducting the orchestre lamoureux. a few days after this highly successful premiere, ravel and long started a tour of twenty cities in europe, where the work was received with consistent enthusiasm.