Understanding Scriabin
A step-by-step journey into the music, mind, and mysteries of Alexander Scriabin.
History → Philosophy → Harmony → Analysis → Interpretation → Listening → Performance
A truly unique course bundle — the first of its kind ever created. Developed by professionals in music performance, composition, and education, it is designed to shed light on Alexander Scriabin’s greatest mysteries: his music, his visionary beliefs, and his revolutionary compositional evolution.
This comprehensive guide takes you step by step into Scriabin’s world. It helps you grasp the meaning and context behind his music, and understand his profound language — one that grew out of the Romantic tradition and, through his use of gesture, evolved into a multi-layered symbolism and a deep semantics, as he became a pioneering multimedia creator in the later phases of his life.
The full context for both listening and playing
History & Philosophy
Scriabin’s life, his visionary beliefs, and the ideas that shaped his art.
Theory & Analysis
How the music is built — its harmony, structure, and Scriabin’s evolving language.
Interpretation & Performance
Bringing it to the keyboard — symbolism, semantics, and the nuances of playing and listening to Scriabin.
Everything you need to enter his world
- ♪Four structured modules — guiding you seamlessly from his early roots through his late, transcendental works.
- ♪Approx. 11 hours of video material — created specifically and exclusively for this course.
- ♪Rich visual aids — detailed tables, diagrams, and marked musical scores.
- ♪Downloadable PDF slides — organized for your comfort, provided for every lecture.
- ♪Extensive supplementary materials — curated literature and video for each module, for the curious student who wants to dig deeper.
- ♪Three expert perspectives — performance, composition, and education, woven into one coherent guide.
Four modules, from his roots to his final visions
The Early Period
Scriabin’s roots — the foundations of his style, and where his journey begins.
The Middle Period
The turning point — his language deepens and his harmony begins to transform.
The Late Period
The transcendental works — symbolism, mysticism, and his boldest, most visionary ideas.
Special Performance Module
After the historical, philosophical, harmonic, and interpretational context, the final module turns entirely to listening and performance nuances — Scriabin’s symbolic language and semantics at the keyboard.
A wealth of supplementary materials in every module
Each module gathers a rich, carefully curated collection of additional materials — assembled over years of work and brought together here — for anyone who wants to dive deeper and explore the fuller context around Scriabin.
Inside you will find lectures, interviews, films, performances, tables, piano lessons, an extensive literature list, and more.
A live one-hour piano masterclass with a student working on one of Scriabin’s late opuses — filmed specially for this bundle, and available nowhere else.
Meet the Creators
Ukrainian-American pianist and artist-researcher whose doctoral project, defended with excellence in 2025, was devoted entirely to the late piano works of Alexander Scriabin, uniting crossdisciplinary performance, research, and film. During the same year she released her album with the Complete Scriabin Piano Sonatas.
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Dutch classical pianist and educator and the founder of the Scriabin Club, an international platform for Scriabin’s music, thought and legacy. His work joins piano and philosophy, tracing connections between Beethoven, Schubert and Scriabin.
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Multi-award-winning British composer, pianist and music theorist based in York, with a PhD and a deep grounding in structural analysis, including numerous contributions analyzing Scriabin’s music. In this course he opens up its harmony, form and compositional logic.
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Bundle Contents
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course bundle designed for?
This course bundle is designed for intermediate, advanced, and conservatory-level pianists, piano teachers, and serious learners looking to refine their technical efficiency, style, and interpretive depth.
Moreover, it is specifically crafted for classical music lovers and amateur pianists who want to learn how to listen to Scriabin’s music, understand his unique musical language, and follow his complex works with greater clarity. You don’t have to be a professional or advanced musician, but you must have a desire to learn how to listen — this is what matters most!
What topics are covered?
The course explores the full physical, conceptual, and symbolic architecture of Scriabin’s music:
- Historical & Philosophical Context: his evolution through Symbolism, German Idealism, Theosophy, the concept of “omni-art,” and his vision of artistic creation as cosmic transformation.
- Harmony and Analysis: Scriabin was a revolutionary, first of all in the sense of harmony. His music initially sounds quite eccentric, to say the least, and we are here to guide you through his experiments so that the unusual harmonic turns finally make sense — from the romantic influences through the mystic chord to the octatonic world.
- Interpretation & Style: phrasing, rubato as a structural tool, harmonic tension, and avoiding common romantic clichés (such as playing early Scriabin merely like Chopin or Brahms).
- Semantic Gestures & Symbols: understanding Scriabin’s coded musical gestures — such as “flight” motifs, “light” trills and tremolos, pendulum oscillations, and summon calls — and the ultimate question: what to do with all of these? How to listen? How to play?
What is included when I purchase the course bundle?
Your bundle purchase includes:
- ~11 hours of video lectures, lessons, and masterclasses.
- Video demonstrations comparing common interpretive errors with grounded, expressive alternatives.
- In-depth analysis of musical structure, harmony, symbolism, philosophy, and historical context.
- Downloadable pedagogical materials and marked scores.
- Accompanying PDFs, extensive literature, and listening lists for every video lecture.
Is individual coaching included?
No — the bundle includes video materials, accompanying downloadable PDFs, and extensive literature and listening lists.
How long do I have access to the materials?
All course purchases include lifetime access. You can stream the video lessons at your own pace and return to the material anytime from any desktop, tablet, or mobile device. All accompanying PDFs are downloadable for your convenience, so you can print them if you wish, take notes, and keep them forever.
Where do I get the supplementary recommended literature and recordings?
These recommendations are listed in addition to the main learning material, as a supplement to the main body of the bundle — in case you would like to dive even deeper and explore further. You are more than welcome to browse for recordings online and search for the additional literature — some of the books and articles may be available online via open access, while others can be purchased or borrowed from a local library.
Can I buy individual modules, or do I have to buy the full bundle?
It is not possible to purchase individual modules of Understanding Scriabin, as the material within the bundle is tightly interconnected and we recommend taking the time to go thoroughly through each module.
NB: however, if you are looking for piano lessons on specific Scriabin Sonatas, you can get those individually as well as in curated bundles at a discounted rate (such as the Five Early/Middle Sonatas, the Five Late Sonatas, or the Complete Ten Sonatas).
How do I access the course after enrolling?
Immediately upon completing the enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email and you will be able to log directly into your student account on our learning portal to stream all video lectures and download your supplementary resources.
Can I receive a refund?
Yes, if you reach out to us within 14 days of your purchase. In this case you will be unenrolled from the bundle immediately.
