Einaudi writes lots of music that incorporates strings, and he has at least score books (which I own), one with scores for his pieces arranged for piano and cello, and the other for piano and violin. There are other contemporary composers who do either two or three part arrangements as well.

That's what I used to play before we moved. For a while I had a cello friend, who then moved, and then after that I had a violin friend, until I moved.

With these friends, I've always only played contemporary pieces.

How great ShiroKuro that you found a cellist to play together with!
I would also love to play together with others. But there is very little music written for early intermediate piano with another musician. If it even exists at all...

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... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...

    I probably missed it, but where are you ShiroKuro?

    I know this group is scattered all over the world.

    FWIW, I'm in north-central Tennessee, USA.

    @Bellyman sorry we're not close! I'm in the midwest, several states away from you! 🙁

    Animisha there is very little music written for early intermediate piano with another musician.

    this is an unfortunate oversight in the musical literature isn't it!

      @ShiroKuro When our violin-playing daughter was young, I used to arrange music to play with her, pieces by Dvorak, Prokofiev and Ravel, for instance. I would reduce or omit the melodic line in the piano and write out a violin part.
      Conversely, since I play the cello, I would rearrange the piano parts to cello pieces (so she could accompany me) such that they were simpler than the original. In this way we played "The Swan", and Gounod's "Ave Maria" (with the Bach C-major Prelude, simplified), among other things.

      If you want to play with a cellist, investigate pieces by William Squire. They are not particularly difficult for the cello, and often the piano parts are fairly simple as well.

      I know that there are other books of short pieces for cellists and piano accompaniments are often not difficult.

      Lastly, there's no reason why you have to play everything that's written; you can simplify what you see on the page (within reason). It's a good skill to develop.

      @pseudonym58 That sounds wonderful!

      The only trouble with what you've described is that for adult piano learners, they often don't have someone who can do that kind of score modification for them. I'm lucky in that there's a lot of music (both solo and for piano and strings) that matches my playing level -- well, not lucky, I've just been playing long enough at this point. But it can be hard for adult musicians with less playing time under their fingers, even more so if they don't have a teacher or don't have a teacher who can (or has the time to) modify scores like that.

      ShiroKuro I am pleased that opportunities may be opening up for you to play with other musicians. This afternoon I have been attending a meeting of a piano group and although, on this occasion, everyone was playing solo pieces it does provide important social interaction. For the next meeting I am hoping to play a duet with a friend.

        @keff thank you !! What did you play this time?

        I am working on a piece that can be played solo or as violin+piano, so if I have the chance for piano gatherings, I'll be ready!

          @ShiroKuro
          Take a look at the "Sonatine" for violin and piano by Dvorak. I've played the piano part with my daughter, and I've also played the violin part on the cello (an octave lower than written).
          I don't remember the piano part as being difficult, and perhaps you might find a violinist or cellist that would be willing.

          ShiroKuro Following a request I played "Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" which was also the piece submitted to the PT recital. I had another piece (just about) prepared but there wasn't enough time to squeeze it in.

            @pseudonym58 this one? I don’t usually play classical music, but it’s quite nice. Which movement did you play? I think I could probably do the first two, but the last two would probably be a stretch.

              @keff awesome I bet that was a big hit!

                ShiroKuro It was quite a few years ago, but I know we played the first two movements at least. When I played it on the cello, it was part of a recital of violin music that I transcribed, which included movements of the Bach E major partita, the Debussy violin sonata and the Dvorak.
                But you might consider the whole thing, especially if you look at the music and see what you might be able to leave out if it's too complicated to play everything. Sometimes you can do things such as playing a single note bassline instead of successive octaves, sometimes it's thinning out a series of chords that are hard to play in succession. You can let your ear guide you as to what sounds convincing enough. I would bet that most non-professional pianists make some adjustments to anything complicated that they play.
                I've had my cello students sometimes ask me "What do you think the composer would have wanted here?" to which I usually answer "Never mind those details. Back then, the priority would have been to have sold another copy of the sheet music, so that the publisher would have been encouraged to give [him] an advance on more compositions!"

                  @ShiroKuro By the way, The YouTube link that you referred us to features a very fast performance. You can play it considerably slower than that and still have it be effective!

                    ShiroKuro Thank you. I do tend to downplay any achievement that I try to pursue be it music, career or many years ago academic work.

                      pseudonym58 You can play it considerably slower than that and still have it be effective!

                      This is always something to remember!

                      I'm working on a piece with my teacher right now, and I have the tempo of the original in my head (it's contemporary, so I mean, the original as played by the composer) so that's the tempo I want to play it at. But my teacher is always saying things like "You can play that slower" and "I think it works really nicely at a slower tempo" 😅

                          ShiroKuro
                          I previously wrote without explanation:
                          "...sometimes it's thinning out a series of chords that are hard to play in succession..."
                          Practically speaking, this could involve looking for notes that are doubled at different octaves, or just trying it out by ear and seeing what you can leave out and still have the essential character of the chord intact.
                          For instance, in a chord that includes the scale degrees 1 3 5 7, or 1 3 5 6, or 1 3 5 7 9 (not necessarily in that order), look for replications of 1 3 and 5 especially, those are usually what I first remove, and then I see if it still sounds good.

                            I'm pretty good at those kinds of modifications

                            I generally consider myself an intermediate player, but I maybe should say that I've been playing piano for 25 years now... I just don't generally play classical music because I tend to prefer contemporary solo piano.

                            @ShiroKuro I think that as I have unintentionally hijacked this topic a bit, perhaps I should start a new one under a different topic.