A contemporary work that borrows the percussive colors and rhythmic drive of flamenco music for the solo piano. It utilizes the piano as a quasi-percussive instrument, favoring rhythmic sharpness over traditional legato.
The primary challenge is to maintain the driving, percussive intensity required for the Spanish-influenced rhythm.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Capriccio flamenco is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 9.
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 Capriccio flamenco lasts about 4 minutes.
Capriccio flamenco 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 Caprice espagnol by Moritz Moszkowski, Bohemian Dance by Rudolf Friml, Bilder aus Ungarn by Xaver Scharwenka — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.