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THE PIANIST

Xander has been described as an engaging performer and pianist capable of playing a wide variety of styles. He has a strong focus on innovative music that cross-pollinates genres.

SOLO PIANO REPERTOIRE

J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations ‘Aria’ and 11-20.(1703).

Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 (1710).

Partita No.5 in G major, BWV 829 (1730).


C.P.E. Bach - Sonata in C minor, Wq 65: 31, H 121, (1757).

Sonata in A major W.55 No.4 (1765).


W.A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No.12 in F major K332 (1783).

Sonata No.13 in Bb major k.333 (1783).

Sonata No.16 in C major K.545 (1788).

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L.v. Beethoven - Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1 (1796).

Sonata Op.27 No.14 ‘moonlight’ (1801).


F. Chopin - Etudes Op.10 No.3 and Op.25 No.1 (1830s).

Mazurkas Op.24 (1836).

Preludes Op.28 (1838-39).


C. Czerny - Op.299 'The School of Velocity' (1833).


C.V. Alkan - Grandes Études Op.76 (1838).


F. Liszt - Concert Etude No.3, S.144 "Un Sospiro" (1845-49).

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C Sharp minor S.244 (1847).

Liebestraume No.3, S.541 (1850).

Five Little Piano Pieces S.192 (1865). ‘Nuages Gris’ (1881).

Mephisto Waltz No.3, S216 (1883).


P.I. Tchaikovsky - The Seasons Op.37a (1876).

Children's Album, Op.39 (1878).

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Saint-Saëns - "The Swan" (arr. A.Siloti)(1886).


A. Dvorák - Poetic Tone Pictures Op.85 ‘At the Old Castle’ (1889).


E. Satie - Trois Sarabandes (1887).

Trois Gymnopedies (1888).

Trois Gnossiennes (1890).

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C. Debussy - Deux Arabesques (1888).

Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1890).

'Pour le Piano' (1994-01).

Images Book I (1901).

Children's Corner (1906-8).

Preludes Book I (1909-10).

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S. Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2 (1892).

Barcarolle Op. 10 No. 3 (1893).

Prelude Op.23 No.7 in C minor (1903).

Étude-Tableaux Op.33 No.7 ‘Moderato in G minor’ (1911).

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S. Joplin - 'The maple Leaf Rag' (1899).

'The Entertainer' (1902).

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E. Elgar - Dream Children Op.42 (1902).


F. Blumenfeld - Étude for the Left Hand Op.36 in Ab major (1905).

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S. Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No.1, Op.1 (1907).


M. Ravel - À la manière de Borodine (1912).


A. Tcherepnin - 10 Bagatelles Op.5 (1912-18).


B. Bartok - Mikrokosmos 'Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm' (1926-1939).

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Z. Confrey - "Dizzy Fingers" (1927).


A. Khachaturian - Toccata in E flat minor (1932). 

Sonatina in C major (1958).


H. Badings - Sonatina No.1 (1936).


O. Messiaen - Vingt Regards sur l’enfant (1944).


C. Williams - ‘The Dream of Olwin’ (from While I Live) solo piano arrangement. (1947).


J. Cage - "In a Landscape" (1948).

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G. Ligeti - Musica ricercata (1951-53).

Étude Book 1 No.5 ‘Arc en Ciel’. (1985).


I. Rautavaara - Etudes (1969).


M. Finnissy - Gershwin Arrangements for solo piano (1970).


G. Kurtág - Játékok (Games) Volume 1 (1973).

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P. Glass - Glassworks (opening) (1982).

Five Metamorphasis (1988).

Mad Rush (1989).

Études (1996).

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F. Gulda - Variations (1984).


N. Kapustin - Sonata-Fantasy Op.39 No.1 (1984).

Concert Études Op.40 (1984). 

Variations Op.41 (1984).

Preludes in Jazz Styles Op.53 (a selection from) (1988).


E.s. Tüür - Piano Sonata (1985).


C. Vine - Piano Sonata No.1 (1990).


H. Skempton - Interludes 1 and 6 (1994).

‘Memorial Prelude’ for right hand only (1996).

Reflection 3 (1999).


A. Burrell - Constellations (1996).

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T. Yoshimatsu - Two Romances for Piano (1996).

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R. Shchedrin - Diary 'Seven Pieces' (2002).

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F. Kayali - Suite for Piano "Movement I" (2003).

"Flow" for Solo Piano (2020).

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J. Posthuma - "Hovering" for solo piano (2011)

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L. Anderson - The Spectrum Series ‘A Story Untold’ (2012).

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A. Rosenblatt - Swan Lake Fantasy (2008).

A Christmas Fantasy (2012).

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X. Benham - Piano-Fantasy No.1 (2017). 

Four Concert Preludes (2021).

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D. Tomandl - "Charming Smile" for Solo (2020).

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A. Varughese - "5 Little Preludes" for Piano (2021).

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G.I. Chitty - "El conejo y el español" (2021).

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B.v. Beek - Waltz No.1 for Solo Piano (2022).

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A Bu - Fantasie "Sleeping in a Dream" Op.7 (2022).

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