''Piano'' is a solo piano piece composed by the American composer

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, a development associated with the experimental New York School o ...

in 1977, dedicated to the Australian classical pianist

Roger Woodward Roger Robert Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist. He is widely regarded as a leading advocate of contemporary music. Early life Roger Woodward was born ...

and premiered by him in

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, 1977. ''Piano'' is one of three major works (the others are ''Piano and Orchestra'' and '' Triadic Memories'') that Feldman wrote for, and dedicated to, Roger Woodward.Woodward's performance of ''Piano'', ''Triadic Memories'', ''Two Pianos'', ''Piano Four Hands'' and of ''Piano Three Hands'' with Ralph Lane for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sound Recording 1990) was licensed to Etcetera Records BV (1991) KTC 2015 and awarded ''Le'' ''Diapason d’or''. The score of ''Piano'' is published by

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