Help choosing a piece to learn

[thekrafty1tar]

So I am only 17 years old, and I've been playing piano for a couple of years. I just recently mastered Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu, and before that Schubert's Impromptu op. 90 n. 2. I am looking for a piece to learn that will challenge me like Fantaisie Impromptu, so basically one that is at a very similar difficulty level, and one that I could play at a concert down the road.

I love Liszt, but I feel that his pieces are too complicated for me, and I'm not a big fan of Bach or Mozart.

All suggestions will be greatly appreciated

[go12_3]

How about Debussy's Toccata; it has some challenging passages.  It's
a wonderful piece to learn too.  I enjoyed learning it.   

best wishes,

go12_3

[thekrafty1tar]

Thanks a lot for the suggestion, but I'm not crazy about Debussy and it seems like it's a tad bit complicated for me.

[communist]

Rachmaninoff cinq morceaux de fantasie op.3 may be good. Mendelssohn's scherzo a cappricio or rondo cappricioso may be good.

[jgallag]

I second the Rondo Capriccioso. Lots of fun, and very dramatic. Don't rule out pieces because they look "too complicated". Remember than when you translate the score to the topography of the piano, it changes drastically and something that looks terrible on the page may feel quite comfortable on the piano, if you do it correctly. Ruling out music because you don't want to wade through the score cuts back your rep choices significantly.

[pianofortepiano]

I love liebestraum no. 3 by Liszt. Listen to it the whole way through to hear all the different moods! Also, for a mega fun piece, try the cat and the mouse by copland. I love playing it. It always gets high marks. I am 13 and have quite small hands so there isn't much stretching going on!

[quirky]

What is a beautiful fun piece to play is the allegro barbaro by  Bartok. Another good piece to play in a similar style is the toccata by Prokofiev.

You could tyr an easier etude of Chopin's such as the Opus 10 No 4.

[viktor_lacrimarum]

What about the Revolutionary Etude by Chopin?

Why don't you try Nobuo Uematsu's "Find your way" from Final Fantasy VIII? Beautiful piece.

[ahbach]

Ok I'm gonna suggest this...why dont you give something by Beethoven a go? I know a lot if his pieces are over done but you m ight be able to find something you like out of his works!! I hope you find something!!