For Preschoolers to Elementary School Children: Challenging Piano Pieces — A Curated Selection from Competition Repertoire

What children find difficult in a piano piece can vary greatly depending on the benchmark: it might be the fast tempo and dense notes, the challenge of expressive nuance, or the difficulty of sight-reading.

Pieces that contain these elements in relatively balanced measure are the set pieces for piano competitions.

Because these selections are ideal for assessing and improving children’s performance technique and expressive ability, they can serve as helpful references when you’re thinking, “I’d like them to try something a bit more challenging than usual.” This time, we’ve picked out children’s piano works that are frequently chosen as competition set pieces.

Teachers and parents who are struggling to select studies or recital pieces, please use this as a reference.