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Piano Music by Asian Composers: Western Asia

Armenia - Azerbaijan - Israel - Lebanon - Syria - Turkey

ARMENIA

Babajanyan, Aṛno (= Babadjanian, Arno) (1921-1983)

  • Polyphonic Sonata (Prelude, Fugue, Tocada) (1946, revised 1956) (10’)
  • Prelude (1938)
  • Vagharshapat Dance (1943) (2’)
  • Impromptu “Exprompt” (1944) (3’)
  • Capriccio (1951) (4’)
  • 6 Kartin (6 Pictures) (1963–64) (12’)
  • Poem (1965) (6’)
  • Meditation (1969) (2’)
  • Melody and Humoresque (1970) (4’)
  • Elegy in Commemoration of A Hachaturyan (1978) (3’30”)
  • Heroic Ballad for Piano and Orchestra (1950) (23’)
  • Armenian Rhapsody for Two Pianos (1950) (6’)

AZERBAIJAN

Karaev, Kara (= Karayev, Kara) (1918-1982)

  • The Statue in Tsarskoye Selo: A Musical Portrait for Piano (1937) (6’)
  • 24 Preludes (1951-63) (47’)
  • (E) Six Pieces for Children (1958) (6’)
  • Don Quichotte (1960) (8’)

ISRAEL

Ben-Haim, Paul (1897-1984)

  • 5 pieces op. 34 (1948) (12’)
  • Sonatina Op. 38 (1946) (11’30”)
  • Sonata (1951) (13’30”)

Alotin, Yardena (1930-1994)

  • (E) 3 Preludes
  • (E) Children Pieces

Dorman, Avner (b. 1975)

  • Sonata no.1 (1999)
  • Sonata no.2 (2000)
  • Sonata no.3 – "Dance Suite" (2005)
  • Sonata no.4 – "Libi Bamizrach" (2011)
  • Sonata no.5 (2018)
  • Other solo piano music[edit]
  • Prelude No.1 (1992)
  • Moments Musicaux (2003)
  • Azerbaijani Dance (2005)
  • Octurne Insomniaque (2007)
  • Karsilama for Two Pianos (2012)
  • Three Etudes (2012)
  • After Brahms (2014)
  • For a Friend I Never Knew (2017)

LEBANON

Hakim, Naji (b.1955)

  • Suite Égyptienne for piano (2020) (11’)
  • Fantasia (2019) (5’)
  • Sonata Basque (2016) (12’)

Khoury, Houtaf (b. 1967)

  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (2001) (9’)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (2001)
  • Prelude
  • Piece pour piano

SYRIA

Azmeh, Kinan (b.1976) (See also WorldCat.)

  • Self Mirrored, for solo piano, tape and video, 2007
  • Waiting for Friday

Succari, Dia (1938-2010)

  • Suite Syrienne (2013)
  • La Nuit Du Destin

TURKEY

Saygun, Ahmed (1907-1991)

  • Op. 2 Suite for Piano (1931) (18’)
  • Op. 10/a İnci's Book (1934) (9’)
  • Op. 15 Piano Sonatina (1938) (9‘)
  • Op. 25 From Anatolia (1945) (9’)
  • Op. 34 Piano Concerto No. 1 (1952-58) (27’)
  • Op. 38 Ten Etudes on "Aksak" Rhythms (1964) (29’)
  • Op. 45 Twelve Preludes on "Aksak" Rhythms (1967) (23’)
  • Op. 47 Fifteen Pieces on "Aksak" Rhythms (1967)
  • Op. 58 Ten Sketches on "Aksak" Rhythms (1976)
  • Op. 51 Short Things (1950–52)
  • Op. 56 Ballade (two pianos) (1975)
  • Op. 72 Piano Concerto No. 2 (1985) (26’)
  • Op. 73 Poem for Three Pianos (1986) (15’)
  • Op. 76 Poem for Two Pianos (1989?)
  • Op. 77 Piano Sonata (1990?)

Say, Fazil (b.1970)

  • Op. 1 4 Dances of Nasreddin Hoca (I. Devri Turan II. Devri Hindi III. Bektaşi Raksanı IV. Şarkı devri revanı velvelesi) (1990) (7’)
  • Op. 2 Fantasiestücke (1993) (9’)
  • Op. 5a Alla Turca Jazz (Mozart) (1993) (3’)
  • Op. 5b Paganini Jazz No. 3 (1995) (4’)
  • Cadenza: Mozart Piano Concerto KV 457 (1995)
  • Op. 8 Black Earth Hommage Aşık Veysel (1997) (7’)
  • Op. 5f Yeni bir Gülnihal Jazz Variations (1997) (9’)
  • Op. 10 Cadenza Beethoven No. 3 (2001)
  • Op. 37 Cadenza: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (2001)
  • 3 Ballads (I. Nazım II. Kumru III. Sevenlere fair) (1996-2002) (10’)
  • Cadenza: Mozart, Piano Concerto KV 537 (2004)
  • Summertime Variations (2005) (6’)
  • Transcription: BACH – SAY Passacaglia (2005) (12’)
  • Transcription: BACH – SAY Fantasia G minor BWV 542 (2007) (14’)
  • Op.  49Nietzsche and Wagner (2013) (10’)
  • Op. 52 Gezi Park 2, Sonata (2014)