This is a contemporary work exploring percussive, rhythmic piano textures. Its distinctiveness lies in its aggressive, driving motoric rhythms and dissonant harmonic language.
Focus on maintaining consistent pulse and percussive articulation across rapid shifts.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Allegro varvaro is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 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 Allegro varvaro lasts about 3 minutes.
Allegro varvaro 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 Cadunga by Gabriel Batista, Boléro by Maurice Ravel, Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathétique' by Ludwig van Beethoven — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.