119 West 75th is a contemporary character piece by Vadim Ghin that explores urban soundscapes through a modern harmonic lens. The work is notable for its shifts in texture and its atmospheric approach to piano sonority.
The performer must manage complex layered textures to maintain clarity in the dense middle sections.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
119 West 75th is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 119 West 75th lasts about 4 minutes.
119 West 75th is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Bilder aus Osten by Robert Schumann, Barcarolle by Sergey Lyapunov, Barcarolle by Sergei Lyapunov — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.