Albeniz:From suite española, Asturias leyendaBach:Tow part invention no. 1, 8, 13Three part invention no. 1 and 15Prelude and fugue no 2 in c minor wtc 1Prelude and fugue no 8 in e flat minor wtc 1Ana Magdalena bookBeethoven:Fur eliseSonatina no 5 Sonata op 13 PathetiqueSonata op 31 no 2 TempestSonata op 79Sonata op 90Sonata op 111(first mov)Chopin: Preludes no. 4,6,7,20Valses: op 64 no 1 and 2, Op posth in A minorNocturnes: Op posth in C sharp minor, op 15 no 1Etudes op 10 no 7 op 25 no 12Scherzo no 1 op 20Ballade no 1 op 23Ginastera:Danza op 2 no 1 "Danza del viejo boyero"CzernyEtudes (various)DebussyPrelude no 8 book no 1Clair d LuneMozart:Fantasia in D minorSonata k 545Concerto no 3 (First mov)LisztEtude de concerto "Un Sospiro"Schubert-Liszt, StandchenProkofievEtude op 52 no 3 or op 53 no 2, i cant rememberTow Vision FugitiveOp 4 no 4 Diabolical SuggestionsRachmaninovEtude Tableaux op 33 no 2 in C majorPrelude op 32 no 10Scalatti:Sonatas (various)Schuber:Moment Musical no 3Now Learning:Bach: Prelude and fugue no 6 in D minor WTC IIBeethoven: 32 Variations in C minorLiszt: Etudes de Paganini no. 6Rachmaninoff: Prelude op 32 no 10Prokofiev: Sonata no 2 op 14Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no 2 op 102Im from Guatemala, i studing on the National Conservatory, now im 22, i study piano since i was 13
My name is Alex and I am 15 years old. In the last year I have done the following:Chopin- Black Key EtudeGershwin- Prelude 1Bach-Prelude and Fugue 6 in D minorBeethoven- Op. 10 No. 2 Sonata Un SospiroMacdowell- ImprovisationChopin Etude OP. 10 no. 1dvorak and poulenc duetsChopin- Scherzo in B flat MinorLiszt- Consolation No.3Do you think this is on track in terms of for a 15-year-old? I'd appreciate any comments on my playing. Thanks!
and my first pieces: Fur Elise, Bach Invention No.1, Piano Method by Taneyev, Easy Russian Folk Pieces, Russian Romances, Beethoven Sonatina in G major, Kuhlau sonatinas, Clementi Sonatinas, Ana Magdalena Bach all, Czerny Op.599 No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20. This was my repertoire when I was 5-6 years.Now, I'm 15 years old. I started to play piano at the age of 3 but until 5 I didn't play seriously.
Sorry. I didn't specified that those pieces were done in my first years of piano. I didn't play 50 pieces /1 year. Probably in 3 years. It was a mistake and no, I am not joking. This is the Russian school. I play 20 pieces/ year and one concerto. I didn't say it's fun.
I started playing at 3 years oldstopped at 17 after playing several concerts professionally - took it up again at 69 and am now 73
There are some things about me:I'm student at the special Secondary Musical School from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Rimsky-Korsakov). I want to become a conductor/pianist (you know like Ashkenazy and other). I said in the last post that it's not comfortably for me to play so much pieces but all the etudes,preludes, concertos, nocturnes and other pieces were performed for my repertoire. 40% of them were NOT performed for recitals or exams. I recently broke my left hand and I didn't want to attempt a difficult concerto ( I planned to perform the Prokofiev 2nd or the Rach 3 for the exam before the Chopin 1st but all of these failed). I chose Shostakovich 2nd for my exam but my teacher said it's too easy and gave me Beethoven 5th. . Sometimes, I want to gave up but I immediately remeber my purpose.
tchaikovsky/feinberg - scherzo from symphony no. 6 "pathetique"from the musical Wicked - "Defying Gravity"
I'm 14 years old. This is my repertoire so far:Bach:Chromatic Fantasy and fugue in d minorprelude no 1 (wtc 1)Beethoven:6 minuetsmoonlight sonata 1,2 mvtspathetique 3rd mvtChopinMazurka in b flatprelude op 28 no 24prelude op 28 no 4prelude op 28 no 6grand valse brilliante op 18minute waltzwaltz op 64 in c sharpfantasie impromptulisztla campanellawalderauschenliebestraume no 3La chasserachmaninoffprelude in c sharp minorgriegmelody for pianodebussyarabesque 1clementisonatina no 1mozartfantasia in d minorrondo alla turcasonata k545rondo k485two pieces from london notebookMaikaparchez le forgeronbrahmsvariations on a theme by paganini (I)
I will record three of them once my grandpa gives me his Canon digital camera. Which ones do you want to hear?
A question to all the 14-17 year olds in this thread: Where do you find the time to practice so much repertoire? Are you planning to study music in a conservatory/university, or is this just a hobby?
I'm 15 now, and I plan to professionally play piano. I try to play 5-8h daily. I find time by simply spending all my time on the piano :pA couple of my videos, a little bit outdated since I've improved greatly by now.
Damn. The coda was surprisingly accurate for that speed in the Mephisto Waltz. Nice!
Rafael,Awesome awesome playing!! Very impressed!! I always enjoy listening to a musician who has finesse, technique, and musicality. Your playing is very true to yourself. I wish you all the best, and keep working at it. Do keep us posted of your musical journey.