The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
This is it, dear piano friends, the ultimate celebration of our love for the piano, and of the 140th anniversary of Franz Liszt ascending to the heavens!
You are all invited to submit a recorded performance of one or more Etudes d'Exécution Transcendante , in whichever iteration you like! (S.136, S.137, or S.139)
As of July 1st you have probably learned the notes of your Etude(s), so the following 4 weeks will be to bring it to the most Lisztomanic state possible!
The watch party is set for July 31st, 2026 (the exact date of His 140-year anniversary of death) at 2pm EST.
Let's get the dopamine and catecholamines surging like never before!
Looking forward to being dazzled beyond recognition!
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Liszt of participants so far:
No. 1 - "Preludio": Noel Nguyen
No. 2 - "Molto vivace; Fusées": Noel Nguyen, Sachi
No: 3 - "Paysage": Thurmond, Maria
No. 4 -"Mazeppa": Judy Kuan
No. 5: - "Feux Follets": Yihan
No. 6: - "Vision": Volunteers needed
No. 7 - "Eroica": Volunteers needed
No. 8 - "Wilde Jagd": Alexander Weymann
No. 9 - "Ricordanza": Maria PRN
No. 10 - "Allegro agitato molto": Yuchao Zhou
No. 11 - "Harmonies du soir": Astrida
No. 12 - "Chasse-neige": Alexander Weymann
Encores:
La Campanella: Sindre Skarelven (to be confirmed)
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Friends, I suggest we continue the discussion on the project on this official thread, but either way is fine!
I have updated the Liszt, but please feel free to copy it and modify it if you wish to add/remove/modify your participation!
In any case I expect the thread(s) to eventually slow down, only to pick up steam again as the deadline approaches!
Only two Etudes without takers at this point. Not bad at all!
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just making sure you see that has moved the project to a new, “official” thread.
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If it’s okey for this challenge (!), and we’re not too exhausted after the transcendental etudes (which we probably will be) I would very much like to learn and play La Campanella as an encore for this. Let me know
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Liszt of participants so far:
No. 1 - "Preludio": Noel Nguyen
No. 2 - "Molto vivace; Fusées": Noel Nguyen, Sachi
No: 3 - "Paysage": Thurmond, Maria
No. 4 -"Mazeppa": Judy Kuan
No. 5: - "Feux Follets": Yihan
No. 6: - "Vision": Volunteers needed
No. 7 - "Eroica": Volunteers needed
No. 8 - "Wilde Jagd": Alexander Weymann
No. 9 - "Ricordanza": Volunteers needed (I don't think I can learn it)
No. 10 - "Allegro agitato molto": Yuchao Zhou
No. 11 - "Harmonies du soir": Astrida
No. 12 - "Chasse-neige": Alexander Weymann
Encores:
La Campanella: Sindre Skarelven (to be confirmed)