Contemporary piano piece for an audition

rigaudon
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:07:27 +0000

I am not sure from your question if you have limited familiarity with post 1940 piano repertoire or whether you just wanted suggestions. I rarely see people here making suggestions for audition pieces, probably because it would be extremely difficult to make a useful suggestion without knowing more about the musician’s other repertoire, musical taste, etc. And even more difficult for 20th century music that is post 1940 because it is not as well known as earlier piano repertoire. So this may not be helpful to your individual situation, but I wanted to mention a book that covers concert piano repertoire of the 20th century, including many post-1940 works. A bonus of this book is that is comes with a cd so you could listen to some of these works to get ideas for what you might like to learn to play. It is available through the large online booksellers (e.g., amazon.com).

Twentieth Century Piano Music (book with cd) by David Burge.