Abstract

The idea of ​​writing piano studies is not a new one, but it was only after my admission to the doctoral program that it blossomed into an extensive and challenging project. The piano study allows the exploration of the broad range of expressive and technical capabilities of the chosen instrument. The fertile ground of the pianistic adventures proposed in the piano studies remains open, as an extensive work still in the making, lending itself to the compositional surprises and solutions that may emerge along the way. This paper describes briefly some of the challenges encountered during the compositional process of the piano studies, which will find their fulfilment in the doctoral thesis.

Keywords: contemporary piano study, expressive and technical capabilities, fertile ground, exploration, challenge

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