Michelle Candotti graduated with highest honors from the “Dell'Abaco” Conservatory in Verona at the age of 14 and later earned a Master’s degree in Performance with distinction from the Royal College of Music under Prof. Alexeev. She has received numerous international awards, including at the Scriabin Competition, the Hastings Piano Competition, the Chopin Competition in Rome, the Maj Lind Competition, and the German Pianists’ Prize, and has won audience prizes in Paris. Michelle Candotti has performed for the President of Italy at the Quirinal Palace (broadcast live on RAI) as well as in renowned venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Bucharest Athenaeum, the Manzoni Theater in Bologna, Chopin’s birthplace, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. She is currently studying with Prof. Palese and is completing her concert exam at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater under Prof. Rutkowski.
Program
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S.171; Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s Ernani, S.432
Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Sonata, Sz. 80
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Ballade Op. 38
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Harmonies du soir, aus den Études d’exécution transcendante No. 11, S.139; Après une lecture du Dante – Fantasia quasi Sonata, aus Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S.161 No. 7
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