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PIANO SONATAS

Op.6 Variations for Piano (1958) 5’

Premiere: Heljo Sepp, 25.06.1960, Estonian Concert Hall. 
Graduation concert of Tallinn State Conservatory.

Op.11 Piano Sonata no.1 (1959)

1.Allegro
2.Grave 
3.Allegro





Op.11 Piano Sonata no.2 (1959) 10’

1.Moderato 
2. Allegro 
3. Grave
4. Energico
 
Op.11 Piano sonata no.3 (1959)


Toccata (1968) 
​ 
Compulsory piece for the ​International Tchaikovsky Competition
​chosen by Emil Gilels


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​Op.36 Piano sonata no.4 (1969) 8'

Three untitled movements

Premiere: Arbo Valdma, November 1969
Cultural Days of the Estonian SSR in Czechoslovakia.
Premiere in Estonia by Arbo Valdma
9.01.1970, Tallinn Polytechnic Institute auditorium
Jaan Rääts author's concert


Op.55 Piano sonata no.5 (1975/1978) 10'

1. Allegro 
2. Andante 
3. Allegro

Premiere: Rein Rannap
23.03.2976, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Muzyka (1980)

Op.57 Piano Sonata No.6 (1976)

Three untitled movements
Premiere: Ada Kuuseoks
15.10.1976, Tapa 1st Secondary School 1.
22.11.1977, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.61 Piano sonata no.7 (1978) 15'

1.Allegro 
2.Adagio
3. Allegro
Premiere by Kalle Randalu
30.04.1979 Sillamäe
Kalle Randal Randal 30.04.1979 Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1978)


Op.64 Piano sonata no.8 (1980) 18'

1. Preamble 
2. Rondo-carnival

Premiere: Kalle Randalu
1.07.1080, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1984)

Op.76 Piano Sonata No.9 (1985) 11'

Three movements
Premiere: Lauri Väinmaa
8.12.1985, Estonia Concert Hall.




Op.82 Sonata for two pianos (1990) 16'

Three untitled movements
Estonian premiere: Nata-Ly Sakkos, Toivo Peäske 
15.05.1990, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.114 Piano Sonata No. 10 (2000) 6’

Premiere: Reinis Kampe,
April 28, 2000, Chamber Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music
festival "Estonian Music Days"

Op.116 "Untitled Track No. 3", for organ (2001) 8'

Premiere: Aare-Paul Lattik
April 8, 2001, Tallinn St. Nicholas' Church, festival "Estonian Music Days". 

Work without title nr 6 (2003)

                           Nicolas Horvath (piano) Grand Piano (2017)
                           Nicolas Horvath (piano) Grand Piano (2017)
                          Johan Randvere (piano) Doctor Concert 2022
                           Nicolas Horvath (piano)
                           Lorenzo Meo (piano)
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