what is a great contemporary piece?

[adidaschica]

hi, do you know if there is a great contemporary(20th century)or impressionest  piece to play in a competition?

[amanfang]

Try Lowell Liebermann's Nocturne #3.

[bernhard]

Here are a few (I am sure people will add more):

Villa Lobos – Rudepoema

Barber – Sonata

Prokofiev – Toccata, Sonatas

Debussy – Feux d’artifice, L’Isle Joyeuse

Ravel – Miroirs, Gaspard de la Nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin

Bela Bartok – Sonata

Alban Berg – Sonata

Arnold Bax – Toccata

Manuel de Falla – Fantasia Baetica

Elliott Carter – Sonata

Charles Griffes – Sonata

Camargo Guarnieri- Choro Torturado, Toccata.

Just the tip of a very large iceberg.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[liszmaninopin]

Also, the Scriabin Sonatas, and Bartok's Allegro Barbaro.

I think that Violette's Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sonatas are great contemporary pieces, but I wouldn't recommend them for competition.

You could look into one of Sessions' Sonatas.  Mathias' Sonata #1.  For Debussy, you should look at the etude.

[donjuan]

Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Flight of the Bumblebee is always a great piece- shows off chromatic scale technique and  control over the instrument, and it really isnt too difficult.
donjuan

[Spatula]

How about Oscar Peterson?  

[Tash]

being a bit patriotic- carl vine piano sonata it's the bomb

[PL]

being patriotic:  ;DIn Memoriam Bela Bartok, by Lopes-Graça (in seven parts: Portico / Dance I / Incantation I / Dirge / Dance II / Incantaion II / Tribute -- Festive)

[donjuan]

oh I just thought of a great work, but it isnt piano.

the American Symphony.  (I forgot who the composer is, but it is the piece from "Mr. Holland's Opus")

[liszmaninopin]

A number of the Feinberg Sonatas are excellent.

[sharon_f]

You might consider one of the selections from Messiaen's
Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus. Number 13, titled Noel is an absolute knockout!

Or how about one of the Ligeti Etudes?