Douze pièces faciles d’après Jules Verne

The origin of ‘Douze pièces faciles d’après Jules Verne’ was the desire to compose a compilation of atmospheric studies for piano pupils who have already been playing for some years. The pedagogical repertoire for the piano is full of studies and other pieces written to develop finger technique. I wanted to write pieces that would help young pianists develop their imagination, sense of freedom and their palette of sounds, while being sufficiently rich and interesting musically for them to be played in a recital by experienced musicians. Each piece is based on a passage from one of Jules Verne’s novels that have a special power to evoke musical images in me, the composer, and, hence, the performer.