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 Études 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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My teacher assigned me “Wilde Jagd” six months ago, but until this past week, I had never found the time to really dig into it and make a focused effort to tackle it because I was working on too much other time-consuming literature. Tonight, however, I finished my first definitive fingering for the entire piece, all 12 pages! It may still change here and there as I learn the étude in depth and play it closer to performance tempo, but to have settled on a good, functional initial fingering for each bar always is a huge deal for me because it means that I have analyzed each technical problem at least once or twice and found a solution with which - for now - I am satisfied. Now the hard work of practicing can begin, but a solid foundation has been laid, and that feels great.
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I would definitely watch a video of Thurmond sight-reading through the whole set!Well, that won't happen anytime soon! His teacher is being careful with which ones Thurmond will learn, and Thurmond agrees that he isn't quite ready for a few of them.
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I'm actually struggling more with Vision than with Fusées! But I love it. Probably the most literally epic Etude of the set.
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we’re still on for our combined “Vision” in July, right?Absofreakishlutely!