Alexander Scriabin

The COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS

Video Courses

by Scriabin performer and artist researcher

Elina Akselrud

The Ten Piano Sonatas, are paradigmatic of Alexander Scriabin's piano œuvre.

In the 11 hours of the course instruction on the Late Five Sonatas 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.

GET THE ENTIRE BUNDLE OF THE FIVE LATE SONATAS (best price)
or individual video courses on each Sonata

The Early Sonatas Bundle is in progress. Currently available: Nos. 3, 4, and 5.

Not sure? Check out free portions of the lessons by clicking here.

(Photo: Lucija Novak)