Mauricio Kagel Kompositionswettbewerb 2013. The Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition was held for the second time in 2013. Its goal is to solicit the best in contemporary writing for piano, yet within reach of young piano students. 258 compositions were received from 49 countries and reviewed by a panel of five judges. Their discussion of the merits of 21 nominees was even made available for public consumption via live stream! Universal Edition is pleased to publish K2013, which includes the top three prize winners, along with an honorable mention, creating a marvelous new workbook in contemporary piano composition for advancing students./ Recueil / Piano

9 pieces for jazz piano-Jazz In Springtime is a stylish piano album which takes players on a musical tour of springtime presenting well-loved jazz standards such as April in Paris and Honeysuckle Rose alongside cool original compositions by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles. The nine pieces present a variety of jazz styles including swing folk samba and contemporary drawing inspiration from the likes of Keith Jarrett Oscar Peterson Count Basie and Chick Corea. With fully notated rhythms grooves and improvisations Jazz in Springtime is the perfect collection for pianists looking for that authentic jazz sound. Ninearrangements and original pieces at intermediate level (Grades 4-7) Notated jazz solos accessible yet idiomatic Wide range of styles from swing to contemporary CD of full performances to help with interpretation Companion volume to Jazz On A Winter's Night (9780193365902) and Jazz On A Summer's Day (9780193379794). Up on the Hill is included in ABRSm Piano Grade 5 Syllabus 2017-2018

A suite of four short but challenging pieces for the young Piano player that celebrate the different aspects of Christmas. Part of the Novello Junior Contemporary Piano series the pieces are designed to give confident Piano students a source of new and progressive repertoire by the best contemporary composers.

Piano Sonata no. 27 in e minor op. 90-?It is aside from two passages one of Beethoven?s easiest; but as far as the performance of individual passages and its whole spirit is concerned requires every kind of care? thus wrote a contemporary critic. And it is forthis reason that Beethoven?s Sonata op. 90 is extremely popular today both with piano students and also with professional pianists. It provides enough challenges: for example the notorious tenth figures in the left hand and inthe words of a contemporary ?uniqueness striking twists and turns and an unfamiliar yet no less stringent composition?. Murray Perahia?s remarks and fingerings provide assistance in all of these areas from a very practisedhand.

Booklet by Nico Muhly is a work for solo Piano commissioned by Gilles Vonsattel and premiered by him on the 12th of October 2008 at the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. The work lasts around 14 minutes. Booklet is a solo Piano piece that would make a wonderfully exciting performance of a work by one of the most intriguing and interesting figures in contemporary classical composition.

There are four movements in this composition the first three of which are brief and provide contrast in character. The theme of the last movement the longest is based on a Buddhist chant heard at the wake forSheng's mother in February 2005.Composer Note: In 1990 after eight years in the United States I wrote my first work for solo Piano titled My Song commissioned for Peter Serkin. At the time myprimary compositional concentration was to develop a melodic and harmonic style within the boundaries of Chinese folk music which are mostly in pentatonic modes and contemporary Western Classical music. As a result all the fourmovements in My Song were either based on existing Chinese folk tunes or written in their style. I was asked recently by another virtuoso pianist friend Yefim Bronfman to write a work for solo piano. After thepassing of 17 years I wonder if there is any change in my writing. I therefore titled the new suite My Other Song. – Bright Sheng

George Gershwin's own piano solo arrangement of his classic contemporary masterpiece for piano and orchestra. This masterful measure-for-measure two-hand adaptation of the complete modern concerto for piano and orchestra incorporates all orchestral parts and piano passages into two staves while retaining the clarity, sonority, and brilliance of the original. Advanced pianists will enjoy the experience of playing one of the 20th Century's most famous compositions, arranged by the composer himself to retain all the grandeur and sparkle of the original work.

Original Music by Dave Brubeck-This comprehensive anthology of Dave Brubeck's serious piano works is a must for every Brubeck fan. These dynamic works for the early advanced to advanced player are enveloped within boundaries of romanticism yet remain cutting-edge. Dramatic concert works that effectively showcase Brubeck's compositional genius are: Glances (a four-movement suite) Points on Jazz (an eight-part jazz ballet) Chromatic Fantasy Sonata (a four-movement contemporary sonata with fugue) Tritonis (a contemporary concert work full of harmonic creativity) They All Sang Yankee Doodle (theme and variations) The Salmon Strikes Back. This folio also includes numerous photographs.

These exercises for the contemporary pianist are musically enjoyable as well as technically demanding and are written in all keys rather than just in C. Most of them are figures which may be incorporated into solos that jazzplayers can play while improvising. These exercises supplement the traditional Hanon and Czerny exercises by moving into a more modern and progressive group of studies which are not found in the older exercises and focusing lesson scale patterns. They are meant to be more fun to play and to give the student a chance to invent his or her own fingerings for the exercises. Two-handed exercises allow the student to work on strengthening the left hand as wellas the right hand. The companion CD presents all of the exercises in the book as a guide to proper execution. This book was previously published as Exercises for the Contemporary Pianist.

This method presents well graded music of the baroque classic romantic and contemporary periods of music. The sounds and rhythms of today are included through the use of well known contemporary compositions and original materials the author has composed for this level of study.

A superb collection of nine contemporary compositions for solo Piano by eight outstanding composers: Carolyn Miller Kathleen Massoud Carol Matz Kevin Costley Kevin R. Olson Edwion McLean Barbara Martyska and Wynn-Anne Rossi.Teaching tips by Victoria McArthur.

The Big Collection from the best-selling Complete Piano Player series includes some of the greatest songs old and new from the renowned Piano sheet music songbooks. With exceptional variety this compendium will never leave you at a loss for something to learn and play. Featuring some timeless arrangements from past editions of The Complete Piano Player songbooks as well asnew arrangements of great contemporary tunes The Big Collection is one of the richest companion songbooks ever made available that follows the spirit of the legendary and best selling Complete PianoPlayer tutor method. With 30 massive songs included in easy-to-play solo Piano arrangements there is something for everyone here as each song is undeniably a classic. From old tunes like At Last andFeeling Good to new tunes like Let It Go and Someone Like You The Big Collection even has everything in between like Paradise by Coldplay Primavera byEinaudi as well as Elton John's Tiny Dancer. If you've been working through The Complete Piano Player tutor books or you just want an assortment of incredible songs to addto your repertoire The Big Collection is for you. If you're a relative beginner each song features chord symbols full lyrics and useful fingering suggestions to help you master these songs. This sheetmusic songbook is also useful if you're a more advanced player however with the arrangements allowing you to improvise or even improve upon the existing tunes.  Each song follows in the footstepsof the original and acclaimed Complete Piano Player tutor system so if you're aware of that these arrangements will be immediately familiar but they will work equally well if you're using it as a songbook on its

Kevin Volans' L?Africaine for Piano solo. Duration: 22 minutes. Composers Note: Most of the piano music I have written has focussed on a number of 20th century musical concerns: withcomplex rhythmic patterning a- and poly-tonality multiple layering of parts on occasion introducing different tone colours (like playing inside the instrument or electronic modulation) ? but above all resonance. The development of the piano in 19th century with its increased size pitch and dynamic range led above all to an instrument capable of rich and full resonance that could rival even an orchestra. All centred around thepedal ? in Anton Rubinstein's words: The soul of the piano. This time I thought it would be interesting to write a piece which pays no attention to this tradition; to write a piece from the point of view ofsome African compositional methods and ways of patterning ? mainly interlocking parts which result in shifting downbeats. For a large part of the piece I treat the left and right hands as two complementaryperformers. So hardly any pedal no concerns with contemporary harmony style structure or technology. I did slip in a slightly concealed reference to Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse however. The pieceis roughly 22 minutes long in three sections and the title is a slightly tongue-in-cheek reference to Couperin.