Evan Grady: Biography

Current Project:

Sight-reading as much repertoire as possible.

The following pieces have been played through, thoroughly enjoyed, and some of these works have been performed in concerts and recitals.

Alkan:

Op.76, No.1: Fantasy in A-flat major (etude for L.H.)

Bach, J.S.:

48 Preludes and Fugues: WTC I and II (studied or performed Bk.1: No.1, No.2, 2007, No.3, No.4, No.5, No.6, G major fugue; recorded/performed B-flat prelude and fugue, 2000) WTC II: studied No.2, F minor, No.24 (recorded/performed BYU bachelor's recital, 2012)
6 Partitas
6 French Suites (recorded/performed No.5, 2007)
6 English Suites
Goldberg Variations
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Inventions and Sinfonias (performed No.7, 1995)
Italian Concerto

Chorale Preludes:

BWV 690-97, 699 (for organ)
Awake, the voice...

Toccatas for Clavichord:

BWV 911 in C minor

BWV 913 in D minor

BWV 916 in G major

Bartok:

Op.14: Piano Suite (studied 1st movement, recorded/performed, 2009)

Barber:

Excursions (studied No.1)
Nocturne

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (1796)

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 (1796) (performed 1st movement, 2001)

Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 (1796)

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7 (1797) (recorded/performed bachelor's recital 2012)

Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 (1798)

Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 (1798)

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (1798)

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique” (1799) (recorded/performed 2000)

Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1 (1799)

Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2 (1799)

Piano Sonata No. 11 in G-flat Major, Op. 22 (1802)

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26 (1802)

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, “Sonata quasi una fantasia” (1802)

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight (1802) (performed 1st mvmt.)

Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, “Pastorale” (1802)

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 (1803)

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest (1803) (studied, recorded/performed 1st and 3rd movement)

Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 (1803)

Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 (1797/1805)

Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 (1797/1805)

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” (1805)

Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 (1806)

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1807) (recorded/performed 2001)

Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 (1801)

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 (1801)

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” (1811)

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 (1815)

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 (1817)

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier” (1819)

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 (1821)

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 (1822)

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 (1823)

Concerto no.1 in C major, Opus 15

Symphony No.6: 1st movement as piano duet (performed, 2014)

Berg:

Op.1 Piano Sonata (performed BYU bachelor's recital 2012)

Bizet:

10 pieces, no ? (performed, 2012)

Borodine:

Prince Egor: Overture (arr. Blumenfeld) pg 62 (did 135-137)

Scherzo in A-flat (recorded/performed, BYU master's recital, 2015)

Brahms:

Op.5 Piano Sonata No.3 (studied, 1st movement performed 2014)
Op.76 No.1, 2: Capriccios and Intermezzi
Op.79 No.1, 2: Rhapsodies
Op.116 No.1, 2: Capriccios and Intermezzi
Op.117: Intermezzi
Op.118: Intermezzi, Ballade, Romanze
Op.119: Intermezzi, Rhapsodie

5 Studies: Chopin, Weber, J.S. Bach

Hungarian Dances: 1-10 (solo piano)

Burgmuller:

Op.100: 25 Progressive Studies

Cage:

The Perilous Night (performed, PTG National Convention, 2010)

Chabrier:

10 Pieces Picturesque (Idylle, recorded/performed 2001)

Chaminade:

Op.28: Etude Symphonique

Op.35, No.2: Automne

Op.35. No.6: Tarantelle

Op.37, No.3: Scarf Dance

Op.50: La Lisonjera

Op.53: Arlequin

Op.60: Les Sylvains

Op.101: L'Ondine

Chopin:

3 Rondos: Op.1, 5, 16

56 Mazurkas
Etudes: Op. 10, 25 (pothumous) (studied Op:10, Nos.5 and 12; performed/recorded Black Keys, Butterfly, 2001; performed Etude in Sixths, 2024, studied Etude in Thirds)
Variations Brilliantes, Op.12
Bolero: Op.19

4 Impromptus (studied Nos. 1 and 3, performed No.4 1999)
Preludes: Op. 28 (performed No.20, 2009; studied/performed No.15 “Raindrop”, 2015)
Tarentelle: Op.43
Variations on a German air
Berceuse: Op. 57
Barcarolle: Op. 60

Polonaises (pothumus) (E-flat minor, studied; performed Military 1999, Heroic, 2000)

Ecossaises
Nocturnes (pothumus) (studied No.1, performed No.7, 2008; performed B major, 2013; performed Op.55 no.2, 2001)

Waltzes (studied A-flat major, 2002, performed Op.64 No.1, 1999)

Ballades: Op.23, 38, 47, 52 (studied Nos.2 and 4)
Concerto in E minor (in progress)
Scherzo – no.2, 3

Scherzo no.4 (in progress)
Op.22: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise (Andante performed, 2001)

Clementi, Muzio:

Op.36: 6 Sonatinas (Nos. 1, ???, 1993-5)
Op.37: 3 Sonatinas ??
Op.38: 3 Sonatinas

Copland:

The Cat and The Mouse

Down a Country Lane

4 Piano Blues

In Evening Air

Midsummer Nocturne

Piano Sonata

Petite Portrait

Three Moods

Midday Thoughts

Couperin, Francois:

Les Papillons Rondeau

Le Réveille-Matin Rondeau

La Bandoline

Le Bavolet Flottant

Debussy:

Le Petite Noir

Le Plus Que Lente
Two Arabesques
Reverie
Children’s Corner (studied No.6 “Golliwog's Cakewalk”, performed No. 5 “The Little Shepherd”, 2008)
Preludes, Book 1 and 2 (Bk.1: studied no.7 and 10, performed 2010)
Reflections on the Water
Pour le Piano
Suite Bergamaske (studied Clair de Lune, performed 2002)
Etudes: Nos.1, 2 and 12 (Nos.1 and 12, recorded/performed BYU master's recital, 2013)

Petite Suite

Nocturnes for Orchestra (piano solo)

Dohnanihy:

Rhapsody

Faure:

Sicilean

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue (Piano Solo)

3 Preludes for piano

Grieg:

Op. 7: Piano Sonata

Op. 12, 38, 43, 47, 54, 57, 62, 65, 68, 71: Lyric Pieces

Op.16: Piano Concerto in A minor

Gubaidulina:

Chaccone

Invention (1974)

Haydn, Franz Joseph:

52 Piano Sonatas (Hob:34, E minor, performed BYU master's recital, 2015)

Hindemith:

Piano Sonata No. 3

Ibert:

Histoires (performed Hearthstone Manor, Spanish Fork, 2025)

Joplin:

Chrysanthemum

Cleopha

Combination March

Country Club Rag

Entertainer (studied)

Maple Leaf Rag (studied)

Kapustin:

24 Preludes in Jazz Style

Concert Etude no.1 (performed BYU, master's recital, 2015)

Liadov, Anatol:

Op.22: The Music Box

Liszt:

S. 160: The First Year (studied Eglogue; recorded/performed Au bord d'une source, Valencia, CA, 2001)

S. 161: The Second Year

S.163: The Third Year

S. 178: Sonata in B minor
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (studied)

Luceona:

Suite Espanol (performed No.4, 2014)

Medtner:

Op. 7 No.1: Ein Idyll

Mendelssohn, Felix:

Songs Without Words

Op. 54: 17 Variations Serieuses

Messiaen:

Huit Preludes (recorded/performed, BYU master's recital, 2015)
Vignt-regards: No.1, 3, 7 (performed No.1, Contemporary Music History, 500 level)

Milhaud:

Op. 67: Suadades du Brasil

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279 (Munich, Autumn 1774)

Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 280 (Munich, Autumn 1774)

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281 (Munich, Autumn 1774)

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282 (Munich, Autumn 1774) (performed, BYU master's recital, 2013)

Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283 (Munich, Autumn 1774)

Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284 (Munich, February–March 1775)

Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309 (Mannheim, Nov. 8 1777)

Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (Paris, Summer 1778)

Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311 (Mannheim, November–December 1777)

Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 (Vienna or Salzburg, 1783)

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 (Vienna or Salzburg, 1783) (studied, performed 1st movement 2012)

Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 (Vienna or Salzburg, 1783)

Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333 (Linz, 1783)

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457 (Vienna, Oct. 14, 1784)

Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494 (Vienna, Jan. 3, 1788)

Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 (facile or semplice sonata; Vienna, Jun. 26, 1788) (1st movement studied)

Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570 (February, 1789) (performed 1st, 2nd movements, community performances, 2011)

Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576 (Vienna, July 1789)

Piano and Violin Sonatas (piano accompaniment)

Piano Concerto No.8

Piano Concerto No.23

Mussorgsky:

Childhood Memory (1857)
Scherzo in C-sharp Minor: 1st and 2nd version? (1858)
Sonata in C major
From memories of childhood: 1 and 2
Reverie
The Capricious One
Symphony in a Classical Manner - 1st version
Pictures at an Exhibition (performed BYU master's recital, 2013)
On the Southern Shore of Crimea
Meditation (1880)
En Larmes (c.1880)
The Seamstress (1871)
Near the Southern Shore of Crimea (1880)
In the Village (c.1880)
Fair Scene, from The Fair at Sorochintsy (arr.1880)
Hopak of the Merry Young Ukrainians, 1st and 2nd version

Ornstein:

A la Chinoise

Prokofiev:

Op. 1: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor
Op. 2: Four Etudes for Piano
Op. 3: Four Pieces for Piano
Op. 4: Four Pieces for Piano
Op. 11: Toccata in D minor (studied, 2000)
Op. 12: Ten Pieces for Piano (performed No.1, recital in Valencia, CA, 2001)
Op. 14: Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor
Op. 17: Sarcasms, five pieces for piano
Op. 22: Visions fugitives, 20 pieces for piano
Op. 26: Piano Concerto No.3 (1st movement performed, BYU Concerto Competition, 2011)
Op. 28: Piano Sonata No.3 in A minor
Op. 31: Tales of an Old Grandmother
Op. 32: Four Pieces

Op.34: Overture on Hebrew Themes (piano part)
Op. 45: Things in Themselves
Op. 54: Two Sonatinas

Op. 59: 3 Pieces

Op. 62: Thoughts

Op. 65: Children’s Music

Op. 83: Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major (studied 1st and 3rd movements, 2000)

Rachmaninoff:

24 Preludes: Op.2 no.3 (studied), Op.23, Op.32 (studied E minor, 2008; performed G-sharp minor, 2001)

Piano Concerto no.2 (studied 2nd movement)

Piano Concerto no.3

Rameau, Jean-Phillipe:

Pieces de Clavicin:

Les Tourbillons

Les Cyclopes

Ravel:

19: Pavane for a dead infant
40: Sonatine
55: Gaspard de la nuit – pg.6 last system/19 last system 2nd mvmt
60: Mother Goose Suite (no.1 and 2, studied, 2011)
61: Valse Nobles et sentimentales
63: À la manière de...Borodine, Chabrier (performed Borodine, BYU master's recital 2015)
65: Prelude (1913) (performed 2007)
68: Le Tombeau de Couperin (recorded, performed BYU bachelor's recital, 2012)
72b: La Valse (solo piano)
Miriors (p.18
-Alborada del gracioso
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Flight of the Bumble Bee (performed, 2000)
Rzewski:
The People United (var.1-3?) in progress
Nano-Sonatas: 1
Saint-Saens:

Op.40: Danse Macabre
Op.52: 6 Etudes (No.6 performed 2001)
Op.135, no. 4: Left-hand bouree (performed BYU talent shows, 2010)

Satie:

3 Gymnopedies (no.1 performed 2006)

Embryons Desseches

Sonatine Bureaucratique

6 Gnossiennes

Schoenberg:

Op.19 (6 pieces) (performed 2011, BYU piano area recital)

Op.11 (3 pieces)

Schubert, Franz:

D. 899: 4 Impromptus - no.1

D. 154: Piano Sonata in E major

D. 157: Piano Sonata in E major
D. 277a: Minuet in A minor
D. 279: Rondo in C major
D. 309a: (fragment)
D. 346: Allegretto in C major
D. 459/459a: Piano Sonata

D. 505: Adagio in D-flat major

D. 506: Adagio and Rondo in E major

D. 537: Piano Sonata in A minor
D. 557: Piano Sonata in A-flat major

D. 566: Piano Sonata in E minor

D. 568 (567): Piano Sonata in D-flat major

D. 570: Allegro in F# minor and Scherzo in D major

D. 571: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor

D. 575: Piano Sonata in B major

D. 593: 2 Scherzos

D. 604: Piano Piece in A major

D. 612: Adagio in E major
D. 613: Piano Sonata in C major
D. 625: Piano Sonata in F minor

D. 655: Piano Sonata in C# minor (fragment)

D. 664: Piano Sonata in A major
D. 769a: Piano Sonata in E minor
D. 784: Piano Sonata in A minor

D. 840: Piano Sonata in C major

D. 845: Piano Sonata in A minor

D. 850: Piano Sonata in D major
D. 894: Piano Sonata in G major
D. 958: Piano Sonata in C minor

D. 959: Piano Sonata in A major

D. 960: Piano Sonata in B-flat major

Schumann, Robert:

Op.1: Abegg Variations

Op. 2: Papillons

Op. 3: 6 etudes after Paganini Caprices

Op. 7: Toccata

Op. 15: Kinderszenen (Nos. 1 and 7, performed 2012)

Op. 18: Arabeske (performed 2013, BYU master's recital)

Op. 21: 8 Novelleten, No.1

Op. 68: Album for the Young

Scarlatti, Alessandro:

L. 1-5 Sonatas

K.113: Sonata in A major (studied, performed 2010)

No.3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (in compilation book)

Scriabin:

Op.2, no.1: Etude

Op.2, no.2: Prelude

Op.8: 12 Etudes
Op.9, no.1: Prelude
Op.11: 24 Preludes (studied D major, B-major – BYU 2008; performed E major 2005, recital)
Op.13: 6 Preludes (performed no.3, 2009)
Op.15: 5 Preludes
Op.16: 5 Preludes
Op.17: 7 Preludes
Op.22: 4 Preludes
Op.27: 4 Preludes

Op.30: Piano Sonata No.4
Op.31: 4 Preludes

Op.33: 4 Preludes

Op.35: 3 Preludes

Op.37: 4 Preludes

Op.39: 4 Preludes

Op.42: 8 Etudes

Op.45, no.3: Prelude

Op.48: 4 Preludes

Op.49, No.1: Etude

Op.49, No.2: Prelude

Op.51, No.2: Prelude

Op.56, No.1: Prelude

Op.56, No.4: Etude

Op.59, No.2: Prelude

Op.65: 3 Etudes

Op.67: 2 Preludes

Op.72: Vers la Flamme

Op.74: 5 Preludes

Shchedrin:

Prelude and Fugue No.16 (performed 2015, BYU master's recital)

Stravinsky:

Piano Rag Music
Les Cinq Doights (recorded, performed 2010)

Three movements of Petroushka: Russian Dance

Tanaka:

Our Planet Earth (performed Beehive Homes, Elk Ridge, UT, 2022)

Villa-Lobos:

W 140: A prolo de bebe – Vol. 1