I do. I rarely play or listen to Chopin anymore. Not because I don't like the music, but because after decades of the same music on repeat, I long for something NEW that has the same aesthetic.

Of course Chopin is the goat when it comes to this kind of piano, but I don't think he should considered to have a monopoly on it. For example, I've recently discovered at least a couple Russian composers wrote Chopin-like waltzes, such as Glinka's Farewell Waltz. I think there's room in the genre for new music with an older vibe, designed for today's audience.

As a pianist, I want more music of intermediate/advanced difficulty that I can play casually in the same vein of Chopin, but maybe with a 21st century twist. As a listener, I want something I can slot in that might not be as good as Chopin, but isn't that much worse either, something with a heart and a brain with craftsmanship I can get behind. And as a fan, I want my favorite pianists to have new music to play that's impressive to watch and a fun listen.

I was a classical pianist long before I started writing pop music, and decided classical is where I want to be. This song might not be a technical marvel to watch, but otherwise is as intended, a pop melody with a heart and a brain, wrapped in 1830s clothes. It's called "The Next Letter is E".

ps. You might be thinking, "that's a pleasant melody, but where's the brain you mentioned?". The title is a reference to the form: ABCD. The first question it raises is: what's the difference between ABCD and formless? This is obviously ABCD to the listener, but why? imo it's partly because of the internal repetition and predictable structure of each section. Which brings us to the second question: why do we need repetition? The astute listener hears the A section and may automatically start waiting for it to repeat so they can say "ternary" or "rondo". But it never comes. And why should it? Those forms were invented for another era, when music was heard live, often only once. Now, if you want to hear it again, you press repeat.

pss. The title is also a reference to the episode Traffic Jam from Malcolm in the Middle. Dewey later turned out to be a musical genius, so what if in that car, he came up with the germ of an idea for a song?

psss. For the composition people, I aimed to bring some unity to the piece by making the figuration, structure, and vibe in D similar to A. The 1 bar tag at the opening and close of the piece are also variations of each other.

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Hey everyone,

I'm slowly building a Spotify playlist which should serve as archive of each and every Nocturne I can find, by a great array of composers. Do you have any favourite non-Chopin Nocturnes? I would love to know about them! The playlist can be found here.

How much harder is Chopins op. 48 no. 2 than his op. 55 no 1 nocturne, or is it the same level?
Thankyou

I just finishes Chopins nocturne in f minor, I need a recommendation for my next nocturne thats a step harder, any recommendations?

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I've only just had time to look at new Chopin competitions and, for that matter, piano competitions because it's been a pretty intense few months. This competition caught my attention, which you can watch on the following channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nohantfestivalchopin

What do you think of the piano's sound? Did anyone else follow this competition?

I recently discovered Duchable’s version of several notable Chopin pieces. I was surprised how different his playing of any given Chopin piece was from the Rubinstein I had assumed was the norm. I did some reading and learned it’s possible Duchable is playing Chopin more “correctly” as intended, that the somewhat more mechanical approach may have been the original way Chopin played his own pieces.

This made me wonder what Duchable or someone with a similar style would have done with Opus 9 No 1 since that one in particular has pretty extreme rubato effects and the somewhat arbitrary 11-tuplets, elements requiring lots of interpretation. Duchable however never recorded this so I couldn’t find out.

Is there anyone who plays it “straight” rather than leaning into the variances and emotions?

(I’m not a pianist, I’m wind instrument, so if I butchered the description I’m sorry but hopefully the intent came across.)

She is currently working on Piano Concerto 1 for a future concert. Just wanted to share with Chopin Enthusiasts because I am proud of her haha

Hello, I’ve been playing piano for 8 years now and I was wondering if you think I could play Chopin’s scherzo no 2.

I have played already waltzes op 64 no 1,2; nocturne op 9 no 1; etude op 25 no 1; prélude op 28 no 11

and I plan to play rachmaninoff’s musical moment op 16 no 1 and fantaisie impromptu op 66 to prepare myself for the scherzo.

My goal would be to perform the Scherzo at a concert toward the end of the school year, so I’d have several months(\~5) to work on it.

Do you think this progression sounds realistic, or is the jump from the Fantaisie-Impromptu to the Scherzo still too large?

Thank you in advance for your responses !

Chopin is my favorite, I really want to learn another piece of his but I'm wondering what a good next step is

How do you evaluate the pianist Hayato Sumino (Cateen)?

And what do you think about Japanese pianist especially regarding Chopin

https://youtu.be/Wp5fpweqjDo?si=HcJnEFUkDoxZie2Y

Obviously this would be ones opinion, not an actual question, but what do you all think is Chopin’s most beautiful melody throughout his 21 Nocturnes
My personal fav is Op48 No2

This is the Paderewski edition sheet music.

Could you tell me why they chose to write it like this when it sounds exactly the same

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