Sonata Secrets

06/10/2025

16/06/2025

New video, one more Brahms Intermezzo. Last analysis video for now.

Pianist Henrik Kilhamn goes through Brahms Intermezzo in E major, no. 6 from Op. 116, with discussions of meter dispacement, structural reconfiguration and e...

09/06/2025

New video covering Yiruma's famous "River Flows In You" from 2001. It's associated with the Twilight franchise but not actually from the movie - find out how in this analysis! 🎹🍎

Pianist Henrik Kilhamn looks at Yiruma's famous "River Flows In You", a tender but catchy instrumental pop song, associated with the Twilight franchise but n...

13/04/2025

New video of more piano film music! 🎬🎹

Joe Hisaishi is known for his scores to Studio Ghibli films, like this spacious theme from Spirited Away. It features quartal harmonies with a slightly eerie...

30/03/2025

New video: Troll Trouble with Grieg! 🤡

Grieg summons an army of trolls, who apparently become dwarfs in English, in this highly effective piano piece! With pianist Henrik Kilhamn.0:00 Music0.25 Ab...

21/03/2025

New video!

Dario Marionelli composed the score to the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice, and the opening track Dawn is a nice piano piece in its own right that captures the a...

16/03/2025

I give my take on an "300 IQ moment" of piano music in a new colab video featuring several fellow pianotubers! ▶🎹

Join composer Frederick Viner and pianists , and () as they explore some of the best highlights from the...

14/03/2025

New video on Debussy fabulous prelude about fairies dancing! 🧚‍♀️✨🎹

We look closely at the details of this colorful creation and find typical Debussy devices everywhere: pentatonic and whole-tone vibes, extended dominants, sh...

01/03/2025

New video on the lovely Feather theme from Forrest Gump, a modern piano film music classic!

The opening music of the film Forrest Gump (1994) is a lovely piano tune in almost total syncopation and with graceful lightness. In this video we look close...