Contemporary piano piece for an audition

theorygeek
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:09:53 +0000

Ooooh, Rain Tree is great! Also, all of Messiaen’s compositions are fantastic; Crumb would be a good choice (some of his piano pieces require preparation though). It might be fun for you to look into Gubaidulina (and all of her contemporaries), Schnittke, and other modern Russian composers. If I were you, I’d snatch a good book on modern composers and start looking through their repertoire. Soon enough you’re going to have to learn about these guys and gals, so why not now?