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Offline frankargento

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concertos
on: May 26, 2008, 10:47:41 PM
I have a student that I;d like to see enter an aea concerto competition. He's wanting to play Chopin , but really needs a not-so-difficult piece. Other than the Grieg, is there another someone can recommend?
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Offline retrouvailles

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Re: concertos
Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 11:48:42 PM
The Kabalevsky 3rd piano concerto is a great student concerto piece. He wrote it for that purpose, hence the subtitle "Youth". The two Shostakovich concertos are also some popular picks. Also, the first concerto I played with an orchestra, the Arensky Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, is a great pick, and is also rather short.

Offline sharon_f

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Re: concertos
Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 02:01:12 AM
Mendelssohn G minor.
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