Klavier-Festival Ruhr. Bärenreiter Piano Album
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Klavier-Festival Ruhr. Bärenreiter Piano Album
Contemporary music for two and four hands
This album of piano works proves that contemporary music can inspire children and adults of quite different musical abilities and interests. The edition developed out of an extremely successful education project run by the Klavier-Festival Ruhr. The series began in 2007 with the aim of presenting contemporary piano music in collaboration with the internationally-renowned pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.
The first publications in this edition provide valuable additions to the easy to medium technical difficulty repertoire for piano two and four hands. In the versions for piano four hands, one part is kept sufficiently easy for the less experienced pianists to play. The versions for piano two hands will be exciting discoveries for the more advanced player.
Commentaries on the works and performance tips enrich the album. In addition, all the pieces are presented interactively on the Klavier-Festival Ruhr website by the participating pianists and composers. The project is supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
- A stimulating approach to contemporary piano music for children and adults
- Easy to medium technical level of difficulty
- Versions for piano four hands include an easier part
- Fingerings by Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich
- All works plus informative interviews with the composers on the Klavier-Festival Ruhr website
Contents
- Give Him His Hat for piano solo - Genesis of the work 2010 [Bedford, Luke]
- Give Him His Hat for piano duet - Genesis of the work 2010 [Bedford, Luke]
- Two or Four for piano solo [Benjamin, George]
- Two or Four for piano duet [Benjamin, George]
- Solo play for piano solo [Höller, York]
- Duo play for piano duet [Höller, York]
- Imbalances I for piano solo [Lervik, Olav]
- Imbalances II for piano duet [Lervik, Olav]
- astronauts for piano solo [Nicolaou, Vassos]
- scene for piano duet [Nicolaou, Vassos]
- Le marteau fantôme for piano solo [Stroppa, Marco]
- Le marteau fantôme for piano duet [Stroppa, Marco]