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Offline zxiao9

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Practice a piece for competition in 35 days?
on: August 11, 2017, 02:01:45 AM
Hi all,

So I have just found out about a local piano competition in my town today. Its held in a college four miles from my place, so I was like, why not. And I applied. The problem is, its going to happen in a month. Among the list of repertoire for the competition, it needs "a 20th century piece, preferably by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Scriabin, or Prokofiev (written after 1900)." I do not currently have any such piece in my fingers (I know a few Rach but they are all pre-1900). I was thinking of doing Medtner Op.40 No.5 (Danza Ondulata), but I don't know if I would be able to do it in time, as I have never touched anything Medtner before, and I have heard about his sheering difficulty.

So...do you guys think I could practice any competition-worthy piece in 35 days (I have never had such a short time limit for any piece)? And please provide some suggestions for pieces I can practice.

For my skill level, the pieces I played for my jury last semester was Mozart K332, Chopin etude Op.10 No.12. I am currently practice Mozart d minor concerto K466 (all movemetns), and Chopin Op.40 No.2.
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Offline outin

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Re: Practice a piece for competition in 35 days?
Reply #1 on: August 11, 2017, 05:07:10 AM
Look into Scriabin's later works from op 27 forward. There are many wonderful shorter pieces among them (Etudes, Preludes, Poemes, Mazurkas...)

Offline patronus

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Re: Practice a piece for competition in 35 days?
Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 11:30:38 PM
If you don't mind trying out Debussy, The Sunken Cathedral might be a piece to try out, it's a prelude by Debussy that isn't long nor is it extremely difficult and I personally really like the grandeur of the piece. It may not be your taste though.
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