This piece is a contemporary character work by Romanian composer Serban Nichifor. It blends traditional classical piano writing with modern blues-infused harmonic sensibilities.
The primary challenge is balancing the syncopated blues rhythms with an expressive, lyrical cantabile line.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blues for Rodica is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 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 Blues for Rodica lasts about 3 minutes.
Blues for Rodica 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 American Dreams No.2 by Serban Nichifor, American Dreams No.1 by Serban Nichifor, American Air by Serban Nichifor — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.