CONTEMPORARY PIANO MUSIC
Contemporary music for piano | Modern piano music | Contemporary Piano Music | Contemporary piano repertoire | 21st-century music for piano | Modern piano composers | Solo piano repertoire | Chamber music for piano | New piano music | Avant-garde piano pieces | Contemporary piano solo pieces | Contemporary piano repertoire
contemporary piano repertoire
Lior Navok, the pianist himself, crafts evocative music for solo piano. His focus lies primarily on creating miniatures, each serving as a microcosm of imaginary worlds, atmospheres, and dramatic situations. Navok's compositions present technical and harmonic challenges, yet they also yield a profound emotional resonance.
SOLO PIANO
Luminoceptions
14' | solo piano
Contemporary solo piano music | 20th and 21st-century piano repertoire | Modern solo piano compositions | Solo piano classics of the 20th and 21st centuries | Cutting-edge piano pieces | Innovative solo piano works | Evocative piano melodies of the contemporary era | Progressive piano compositions | Solo piano arrangements | Iconic piano pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries | Piano music for modern listeners | Solo piano gems across the 20th and 21st centuries | Unique piano compositions for solo performance | Dynamic solo piano repertoire | Diverse solo piano pieces from the contemporary, 20th, and 21st centuries
Periscopes
30' | solo piano
Shimmer
10' 30" | solo piano
Silent Streets
7' 30" | solo piano
Ten Bagatelles
18' | solo piano
The Old Photo Box
58' | solo piano
The Waiting Hours
14' | solo piano
Visions
14' 30" | solo piano
CONTEMPORARY PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC
Contemporary chamber piano music | 20th and 21st-century piano chamber repertoire | Modern piano chamber compositions | Piano chamber classics of the 20th and 21st centuries | Cutting-edge piano chamber pieces | Innovative piano chamber works | Evocative piano chamber melodies of the contemporary era | Progressive piano chamber compositions | Piano chamber arrangements | Iconic piano chamber pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries | Piano chamber music for modern listeners | Piano chamber gems across the 20th and 21st centuries | Unique piano chamber compositions | Dynamic piano chamber repertoire | Diverse piano chamber pieces from the contemporary, 20th, and 21st centuries
DUOS
At the Edge of a Spiral
10' | piano four-hands
Dripping Minutes - Frozen Years
8' 30" | viola and piano
Ex Silentium
11' | bassoon and piano
Fluctuations
10' | cello and piano
Fizzy
10' 30" | oboe and piano
Hidden Reflections
15' | alto saxophone and piano
Hidden Reflections
15' | clarinet (A) and piano
Humoresque
5' | clarinet and piano
Samsara
11' | trombone and piano
Three Winged Movements
12' | flute and piano
Toward Stillness
10' | horn and piano
Violin Sonata
18' | violin and piano
TRIOS / QUARTETS / QUINTETS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH PIANO
Contemporary chamber ensemble with piano | 20th and 21st-century piano chamber ensemble repertoire | Modern piano chamber ensemble compositions | Piano chamber ensemble classics of the 20th and 21st centuries | Cutting-edge piano chamber ensemble pieces | Innovative piano chamber ensemble works | Evocative piano chamber ensemble melodies of the contemporary era | Progressive piano chamber ensemble compositions | Piano chamber ensemble arrangements
Elegy to the Future
for Pierrot ensemble
13' | piccolo / alto flute;
clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano
Flashes of Decay
for chamber ensemble
12' | flute / piccolo; English horn; clarinet / bass clarinet; horn; tuba; percussion (2); harp; piano
Quicksand
for Pierrot ensemble
11' | bass clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano
Sextet
for Pierrot ensemble
22' | flute / piccolo/bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble
for chamber ensemble
12' | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion (1), piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
VOCAL MUSIC WITH PIANO
Found in a Train Station
for soprano and ensemble
11' 30" | soprano, mandolin, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Contemporary vocal music with piano | 20th and 21st-century piano vocal repertoire | Modern piano vocal compositions | Vocal piano classics of the 20th and 21st centuries | Cutting-edge vocal piano pieces | Innovative vocal piano works | Evocative vocal piano melodies of the contemporary era | Progressive vocal piano compositions |
The Sea of Sunset
for soprano / mezzo-soprano and ensemble
8" | soprano / mezzo-soprano, tenor trombone, piano and double bass
Three songs
10' | soprano / mezzo-soprano and piano
Copenhagen Songs
7' | alto and piano
The Tailoress Song
3' 30" | alto and piano
End-of-the-Day Songs
12' | baritone / bass-baritone and piano
CHORAL MUSIC WITH PIANO
Contemporary choral music with piano | 20th and 21st-century piano-accompanied choral repertoire | Modern piano-accompanied choral compositions | Choral piano classics of the 20th and 21st centuries | Cutting-edge choral piano pieces | Innovative choral piano works | Evocative choral piano melodies of the contemporary era | Progressive choral piano compositions
for soli, choir and small ensemble
14' | soli (SATB), double chamber choir, double large choir, harmonica, percussion (2) and piano
STAGE MUSIC WITH PIANO
FAMILY CONCERTS
for narrator and ensemble
31' | actress, violins (2), viola, cello double bass and piano
for three actors and woodwind quintet / orchestra
61' | 3 actors (F,M,M), flute / piccolo, oboe / English horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
OR:
3 actors (F,M,M), flute / piccolo, oboe / English-horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (1), harp, piano, strings
for actress and chamber ensemble / chamber orchestra
36' | actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet
OR:
actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section
Sheet Music for Piano:
List of Key 20th–21st Century Piano Repertoire
Solo Piano
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Béla Bartók – Mikrokosmos (Books V & VI) – solo piano – 1926-1939
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Luciano Berio – Sequenza IV – solo piano – 1966
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Pierre Boulez – Sonata No. 2 – solo piano – 1948
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John Cage – Sonatas and Interludes – prepared piano – 1946-1948
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Elliott Carter – Night Fantasies – solo piano – 1980
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Henry Cowell – The Banshee – solo piano – 1925
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George Crumb – Makrokosmos I – amplified piano – 1972
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Claude Debussy – Études – solo piano – 1915
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Frederic Rzewski – The People United Will Never Be Defeated! – solo piano – 1975
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György Ligeti – Études (Book I) – solo piano – 1985
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Olivier Messiaen – Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus – solo piano – 1944
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Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 – solo piano – 1939-1942
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Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit – solo piano – 1908
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Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück IX – solo piano – 1961
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Igor Stravinsky – Piano Sonata – solo piano – 1924
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Toru Takemitsu – Rain Tree Sketch – solo piano – 1982
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John Adams – Phrygian Gates – solo piano – 1977-1978
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Alberto Ginastera – Sonata No. 1 – solo piano – 1952
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Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 24 – solo piano – 1951
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Aaron Copland – Piano Variations – solo piano – 1930
Piano Duos (Two Pianos or Piano Four-Hands) -
Samuel Barber – Souvenirs, Op. 28 – piano four-hands – 1951
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Luciano Berio – Touch – two pianos – 1991
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Claude Debussy – Petite Suite – piano four-hands – 1888-89
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Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l’Oye – piano four-hands – 1910
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Francis Poulenc – Sonata for Two Pianos – two pianos – 1953
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György Ligeti – Monument, Selbstportrait, Bewegung – two pianos – 1976
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Karlheinz Stockhausen – Mantra – two pianos and electronics – 1970
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John Adams – Hallelujah Junction – two pianos – 1996
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Olivier Messiaen – Visions de l’Amen – two pianos – 1943
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Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini – two pianos – 1941
Piano Concertos -
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major – piano and orchestra – 1929-1931
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Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – piano and orchestra – 1921
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Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 – piano and orchestra – 1957
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Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 2 – piano and orchestra – 1930-1931
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Olivier Messiaen – Oiseaux Exotiques – piano and ensemble – 1955-1956
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György Ligeti – Piano Concerto – piano and orchestra – 1985-1988
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John Adams – Century Rolls – piano and orchestra – 1996
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Aaron Copland – Piano Concerto – piano and orchestra – 1926
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Paul Hindemith – Piano Concerto – piano and orchestra – 1945
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Michael Tippett – Piano Concerto – piano and orchestra – 1955
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Unsuk Chin – Piano Concerto – piano and orchestra – 1996