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Most Difficult Piano Composers

There is no clear ranking of the 'hardest' piano pieces. Despite the different opinions, some composers can always be found as having written some of the most difficult pieces of music for the keyboard. Who are they?
Not including jazz composers
Not including experimental compositions - playable music only
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Last updated: July 3, 2025
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Transcendental Etudes
Franz Liszt
Ballade No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Sonata No. 29
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gaspard de la Nuit
Maurice Ravel
Goldberg Variations
Johann Sebastian Bach
Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges'
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Concerto No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Toccata op. 7
Robert Schumann
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60 Grandes Études, Op. 63.
Amédée Méreaux
Vers la Flamme
Alexander Scriabin
Opus clavicembalisticum
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Igor Stravinsky
Piano Concerto No. 2
Sergei Prokofiev
The Love Songs of Hafiz
Karol Szymanowski
Études (3 books)
György Ligeti
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