Another virtuosic character piece by Ernesto Nazareth that showcases his ability to combine European formal sensibilities with rhythmic Latin American flair. Its energetic tempo and shifting dynamics require significant keyboard agility.
Maintaining clarity in the fast-moving sixteenth-note passages is the primary technical challenge.
Atrevido is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 Atrevido lasts about 3 minutes.
Atrevido is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.