The oPPDb score catalogue
(open Piano Piano Database)
The repertoire for two pianos and piano four hands is extraordinarily rich. Thousands of works have been composed over the centuries, from the great masterpieces of the repertoire to the rarest of scores. Yet these resources often remain scattered, hard to track down or explore.
oPPDb (open Piano Piano Database) was born of a desire to make this heritage more accessible to musicians, teachers, researchers, concert programmers, and music lovers.
Conceived as a collaborative, evolving catalogue, the database lets users browse the repertoire by a range of criteria: period, composer, nationality, ensemble, level of difficulty, or instrumentation.
For each work, users can access detailed information, discographic references, links to scores where available, and a wealth of further resources.
Open to contributions from its community, oPPDb is continually growing, with the aim of becoming a benchmark resource for everyone with an interest in the world of the piano duo.
Discover the repertoire, explore new works, and help keep this exceptional musical heritage alive.
The score library
Since Piano-Piano was founded, a collection of scores devoted to the repertoire for two pianos and piano four hands has been gradually taking shape over the years.
Early and contemporary editions, scores that have become hard to find, gifts from musicians, purchases made for the festival, the academy, or artistic projects: every new acquisition helps enrich a specialised collection devoted to an art form still little represented in traditional music libraries.
Today, this collection is used daily by guest artists, the young duos of the Piano-Piano Academy, and the festival's artistic teams. It is both a working tool and a valuable resource for discovering rare repertoire.
In time, Piano-Piano hopes to expand this collection, continue cataloguing it, and make it more accessible to musicians, teachers, researchers, and enthusiasts drawn to the world of the piano duo.
This project is part of a broader ambition: to preserve, document, and pass on an exceptional musical heritage, often overlooked yet remarkably rich.
