Year of birth: 1996
Place of birth: Pisa
Educated in: Hamburg
Place of residence: Livorno
(Plays in Hamburg)
Watch Michelle Candotti performance.
F. Chopin - Barcarola, op. 60 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 8 S. Rachmaninov - Étude op. 33, no. 8 G. Verdi / F. Liszt - Paraphrase on Ernani
Michelle Candotti is now studying with M° C. Palese and at the Hochschule für Musik Hamburg with M° Rutkowski. Recently she was a semifinalist at the “18th Chopin International Competition” of Warsaw, prizewinner at the important “5th Maj Lind Competition of Helsinki”, second prize at the “German Piano Award 2022” and third prize as well as Audience Prize at “XVII International Competition Gran Prix Animato” of Paris. She gave a concert for the President of the Italian Republic in the Presidential Palace, the Quirinale, streamed live by RAI, the national radio. She has featured in many recitals, playing in important concert halls like Sala Piatti for Società del Quartetto di Bergamo, Royal Albert Hall in London, Atheneum Romano in Bucharest. She’s supported by the Stiftung Flügel-Fundus.
Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.
Candidates who withdrew from the competition:
Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng