Alexander Scriabin

The FIVE LATE PIANO SONATAS

Video Courses

by Scriabin performer and artist researcher

Elina Akselrud

The Five Late Piano Sonatas, Nos. 6-10, are paradigmatic of Alexander Scriabin's piano œuvre. In the 11 hours of the course instruction [in total for all the five] I am going through these pieces thoroughly, in order to help you tackle this complex music. This is a profound lesson bundle that will help you [re-]discover Scriabin's world, improve your piano playing, deepen your understanding of his music and semantics, and form new skills and approaches effectively. I wish you to have a great time in this exploration!

Each course is a 2-2.5 hour comprehensive lesson, in which I thoroughly go through one of the Sonatas, elaborating on:

  • The context, aesthetic ideas, imagery, and semantics (including parallels to other Scriabin Sonatas)

  •  The Main Themes of this piece

  • Optimized fingering suggestions, material distribution between the hands, as well as other other tips & tricks

  • Motion coordination, tension-free efficient technique development

  • Articulation, phrasing, pedaling, balance, polyphony, and such; in order to improve your performance, bring it as close as possible to professional standards, and help you create your own, unique interpretation and understanding of these works.


For each Sonata I include my ANNOTATED PDF SCORE with markings for fingering, pedaling, translations of Scriabin's annotations in French, material redistribution between the hands, and such that I created specially for each lesson.

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(Photo: Lucija Novak)