🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Piano Concerto No.2 Op.14

Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.14 combines the broad design of a classical concerto with jazz-derived rhythmic energy and harmonic sensibility. The music unfolds through dialogue between the solo piano and orchestra, with the contrast between brilliant virtuosic passages and singing melodies serving as a central attraction. Performers should keep the overall flow in view, articulate the subtle syncopations and accents clearly, and organize the dense textures without losing their lightness and momentum. Listening not only for the piano’s brilliance but also for its exchanges with the orchestra and the layering of sonorities brings the work’s vitality into sharper focus.