A few things...someone mentioned hungarian rhapsodie #2 by Liszt, I just graduated from highschool (i`m 16 though) and i played that 3 years ago. I just finished Rachmoninoff`s 3rd concerto, it was part of my senoir recital. I haven`t heard of all the pieces mentioned, or even all of the composers...though i`ve heard of many, some of them sound very obscure.

THe one thing i have to say though is even though i found hungarian rhapsodie to be easy, or Rhapsodie in Blue (Gerswhin) to be simple, i know many people who have played for years who still can`t play them as well because their fingers are much smaller and some of the jumps they have to do make the song 10 times more difficult...i have big hands and can reach a 11th or 12th accurately, so those types of pieces come easier...

And there is no "hardest piece in the world", its as bad as asking "what is the most beautiful piece in the world"

I propose to change the name of this thread from "What`s
the Hardest Piece Ever Written" to "Who Has Got The Biggest
Head." Oh and I played Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit,
Tschaikovsky`s Concerto 1st movement, Appassionata, Prokofiev
Sonata #3 and #7, Chopin Ballade #4 and so on. I guess my
head`s not as big as some...I`d say an 8 on a scale of 1 to
10. Anyone else?

At the age of 7, i played Rach 3 Piano Concerto. I made my Carnegie Hall debut at 10 and played Liszt`s Don Jaun Variations and Rigoletto concert Paraphrase. I have also won the International Chopin Competion and Internation Piano Competition in Vienna and Warsaw by the age of 18. Who am I. I am Yundi Li.

here is some songs then..all by the Swedish pianist Robert Wells..
Robert Wells - Sabre Dance
Robert Wells - Bumblebee Boogie
Robert Wells - Root Beer Rag
Robert Wells - Wells Rag
Robert Wells - Rhapsody in Rock I to V

bye

yo, Yundi Li, what the fuk are you talking about? Don`t try that prodigy crap on us. It`s already been done. If you really were a prodigy, you wouldn`t be on this forum bragging about your awesome gift; you would actually be using the gift. Plus,I know the biography of Yundi Li. Yundi Li started learning the piano at the age of seven, so there is no possible way of him being able to play the Rach. 3. Also, I don`t think a teacher in their right mind would allow their student to play that piece at such a young age.

So, in conclusion, you probably just watched "Shine" and are just a David Helfgott or Yundi Li-wannabe.

The Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Movement 3 Op. 30 is one of the most difficult pieces ever composed for piano. Much harder then any Chopin.

Ya`ll are so humble...

let me put this in simple terms...

In the field of music, especially at the professional level, the most important ability is learning music RAPIDLY.

Therefore, spending 3 hours a day for 3 months learning the Rach`s 3rd piano concerto doesn`t seem very useful. When you pursue this endeavor, congradulations, you can PLAY ONE PIECE.

Though it is harder to play the concert than any Chopin, there is much more to be learned in 60 pgs of Chopin etudes, then that of the concerto. The point of learning Etudes is to solve pianist problems which makes learning music a much faster process.

If you are thinking of pursuing piano as a career, sightreading is the most important skill. Learning etudes will expand your musical vocabulary much more than a concerto, or even the hardest piece (call it what you want).

Godowsky`s 53 studies on Chopin are by far the hardest pieces of music out there.

Before you repeat how Rach 3 is the hardest, you should actually download the sheet music or MIDI`s of all the song`s mentioned so far. Then download Godowsky`s and see which is the hardest for yourself.

well for a start Chopin`s Fantasie-impromptu and his revolutionary etude are NOT the hardest pieces!!! in fact, they`re both easy, and I`m only 15! his op. 25 no. 6 etude is DEFINATELY the hardest etude he wrote, except maybe op.10 no.1, so I`d try those.

SORABJI... IS.... THE.... MOST.... DIFFICULT.... COMPOSER....

HIS.... OPUS.... CLAVICEMBALISTICUM.... IS.... THE.... HARDEST PIECE....

I, as well as others, have said this before... It simply is. First of all, it`s 4 hours long. Second, he couldn`t fit all the notes on two staves, so he had to write it on 3-7!!!

Here is a measure from his sonata. Try finishing this in 4-5 seconds!

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Ludwig Van Rachabji

hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW ya that does look rather difficult..... but anyways, in the range of PLAYABLE songs i would recommend learning la campenella, cuz that is a really hard song. i would know. im learning it right now.

Lol, and that`s one of the easier measures!!!

This question has no one answer, it’s like asking who likes marmalade jam, the piano is just an instrument, the only "hard" part about it is the physical aspect, i think every professional pianist reaches a level where playing the piano as an instrument is no longer a concern. I think the hardest piano peace is one that is most difficult to project onto a piano from the pianists prospective.

However I find J.S Bach’s The art of fugue - Contrapunctus 9 quite interesting, and his English Suite No.2 (more of an indurance challenge). or Bach Goldberg variations (play all 32 without a single mistake )..... the list is long.

Good luck,