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MICHELLE CANDOTTI

 

Michelle Candotti obtained her piano Diploma at the age of 14. She studied at the Royal College of Music in London with M° Alexeev and at the Imola Academy with M° Pace. She is currently studying with M° Palese and with M° Rutkowski. She was a semifinalist at the 18th Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. Her awards include 2nd prize at the 11th German Piano Award, 2nd prize at the 34th Ettore Pozzoli Competition, as well as being a prizewinner at the 5th Maj Lind Piano Competition. She performed for the President of the Italian Republic at the Quirinale Palace and has performed in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Elbphilharmonie, Salle Cortot, and the Romanian Atheneum, and as a soloist with orchestras including the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra della Toscana.

PROGRAM

 

First round

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161, No. 7

Second round

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:6

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) / Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Réminiscences d’Ernani, S. 438

Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Piano Sonata, Sz. 80

Semifinal

George Enescu (1881–1955): Pavane from Suite No. 2, Op. 10

Carl Vine (born 1954): The Anne Landa Preludes: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

Final with Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23