Alexander Scriabin's signature cycle of the 24 Préludes, Op. 11 is quintessential for the Early phase of his legacy.
It is a bright representation of his compositional traits and the passionate nature of his personality.
Many of the Préludes from this cycle are accessible for intermediate and early advanced learners and you will get a list of my personal recommendations of the Préludes for intermediate players upon purchase.
I have filmed a detailed lesson on each of the Préludes in order to help you tackle this music: transient, but so deep at the same time. This is a profound series that will help you [re-]discover Scriabin's world, improve your piano playing, deepen your understanding of his music, performance stylistics, character & drama, and form new skills and approaches effectively. I wish you to have a great time in this exploration!
In this nearly 5.5-hr comprehensive series of 24 video lessons I thoroughly go through the entire cycle, elaborating on:
- 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 this work.
I also include my ANNOTATED PDF SCORE with markings for fingering, pedaling, material redistribution between the hands, and such that I created specially for this lesson.
Not sure? Check out a free portion of this series with excerpt examples by clicking here.
If you are interested in the list of materials on Scriabin and his works that I am using for my academic writing, I am happy to share it: click here.
The Course Curriculum
- The Annotated PDF Score
- No. 1 in C major – Vivace (11:56)
- No. 2 in A minor – Allegretto (19:17)
- No. 3 in G major – Vivo (11:01)
- No. 4 in E minor – Lento (12:55)
- No. 5 in D major – Andante cantabile (13:32)
- No. 6 in B minor – Allegro (10:09)
- No. 7 in A major – Allegro assai (18:01)
- No. 8 in F♯ minor – Allegro agitato (22:38)
- No. 9 in E major – Andantino (10:01)
- No. 10 in C♯ minor – Andante (9:47)
- No. 11 in B major – Allegro assai (23:15)
- No. 12 in G♯ minor – Andante (10:49)
- No. 13 in G♭ major – Lento (19:17)
- No. 14 in E♭ minor – Presto (11:56)
- No. 15 in D♭ major – Lento (10:10)
- No. 16 in B♭ minor – Misterioso (10:38)
- No. 17 in A♭ major – Allegretto (5:12)
- No. 18 in F minor – Allegro agitato (16:24)
- No. 19 in E♭ major – Affettuoso (22:51)
- No. 20 in C minor – Appassionato (12:14)
- No. 21 in B♭ major – Andante (7:12)
- No. 22 in G minor – Lento (6:30)
- No. 23 in F major – Vivo (9:44)
- No. 24 in D minor – Presto (12:42)
About your instructor
I am a Ukrainian-American classical pianist, currently living in Austria. In 2025 I have successfully acquired my Doctoral Degree in Artistic Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, with Excellence, on Artistic Interpretation of late Scriabin. During the last decade I have created six multi- and crossdisciplinary productions with my Intertwining Arts team. After years of my discoveries as a solo pianist and a crossdisciplinary artist, I find it absolutely necessary to share my knowledge, skills, and understanding of possibilities in musical interpretation with the world, by teaching individual piano lessons and recording video tutorials.
I play and teach all kinds of classical music - from Baroque to Contemporary. I think it is very important to understand how unique and complete each individual style is - therefore, I don't really have a favorite one, since they are all incredible. I am an open-minded and easy going person, always willing to collaborate with my students' needs and ideas when it gets to piano playing.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about individual lessons via the contact form on my website elinaakselrud.com – I will be more than happy to reply!
Keep creating and best of luck,
Dr. Elina Akselrud
