Intermediate Piano

The Chinese Ye Xiaogang is one of the most prominent and successful composers of his country and his generation and is at the same time a brilliant pianist. His music is an unmistakable blend of Easte...

Endlich ist die Musik von Charles Koechlin kein Geheimtipp mehr, sondern wird sowohl für den Konzertsaal als auch die CD entdeckt! Mit unserer Ausgabe präsentieren wir nun eine weithin noch unbekannte...

Endlich ist die Musik von Charles Koechlin kein Geheimtipp mehr, sondern wird sowohl für den Konzertsaal als auch die CD entdeckt! Mit unserer Ausgabe präsentieren wir nun eine weithin noch unbekannte...

Noodivihik deals with time on a macro and a micro level. The macro time level is divided into two parts: fast and slow. The first part ('citric acid') works with two basic rhythmic patterns and their...

The Turkish pianist and composer Faz?l Say has from the age of six begun each day with the performance of a keyboard work by Bach; his concert programmes include both numerous original compositions an...

'Circle of Life' was commissioned for the International Piano Competition of the Wiesbaden Music Academy. At its centre is a Toccata which can also be played separately. In contrast, with regard to it...

Eduard Pütz was inspired to write this piano piece by the poem 'Hälfte des Lebens' by Friedrich Hölderlin. In this composition, the two thoughts of the fullness of life (youth) and the expectation of...

The Sonata is one of Erkin's works which the casual listener may fail to attribute to a particular geography at a first hearing. He will however become absorbed by a unique sense of identity, surprisi...

The 'Preludio' presents soft melodies, colourful harmonies and delicate passages while the 'Fuga' captivates both the performer and the audience with its passionate samba-rumba style and its nods to t...

I devote one movement of this work to each of the two figures. I have interpreted Nietzsche's character as energetic, painful and harsh. In contrast, the second movement 'Wagner' with its calm and med...

Peter Eötvös completed his early neo-classical Hungarian piano pieces at the age of 17. Now published in one volume, they were created when he studied composition at the Budapest Music Academy between...

Although the Sonata-Fantasia Op. 39 was only the fourth composition by Kapustin for solo piano, its structure appears quite mature already. This piece consists of four movements in different jazz styl...

Sunrise was published as an orchestral piece in 1976 already, but it was not until 1982 that Kapustin arranged this version for solo piano. The piece is written in a swinging jazz style.

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Nikolai Kapustin (geb. 1937) ist ein exzellenter Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. Seine technisch anspruchsvollen Werke zwischen Moderne und Jazz richten sich...

Written in 1987, this ballad by Kapustin radiates a solemn, dignified atmosphere. The main theme runs through three sections of variations and gradually makes its full musical effect before dying away...

In his compositions, He Xuntian does not want to be tied down by any cultural or academic traditions. He does not feel bound to either Western or Eastern culture. In Kalavinka Sutra he explores which...

In seinen Kompositionen möchte sich Xuntian He von keiner kulturellen oder akademischen Tradition Fesseln anlegen lassen. Nur seinem Indivudualstil verpflichtet, lotet er in Priceless Wealth Is in The...

Ethnically inspired, these thirty variations blossom from an epically anthem-like theme which was originally the piano soloist's introduction to my symphonic poem commemorating the thirteen centuries...