Michelle Candotti

Michelle Candotti is an Italian pianist.

Biography

Michelle Candotti was born in Pisa. She graduated from at the age of 14. She obtained the Master in Performance degree with distinction and the Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London. She lives and works mainly in Hamburg.

Awards and achievements

Candotti has participated in numerous national and international piano competitions. Notably, she is known for achieving the following:

Versilia Riviera International Competition - first prize
XV Best Graduates Review of Italy year 2010-2011 in Castrocaro - first prize
Alessandro Pavia Competition in Piacenza - first prize
Madesimo International Piano Competition - second prize ex-equo and audience prize
XV A. Scriabin International Piano Prize - second and audience prize
- second prize, also receiving the Sir Philip Ledger Trophy
XXIII Chopin International Piano Competition "Rome" - second prize with prize for the youngest finalist and medal of the Italian Senate
- third prize
Massarosa International Piano Competition - third prize
- "Henk de Junior Jury" prize
Premio Crescendo and Premio Crescendo at the fORTissimo in Florence - first prize
10th Andrea Baldi International Competition in Bologna - first prize
International Maj Lind Piano Competition - finalist
2015: XVII International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw - II stage
2021: XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw - III stage
2025: XIX International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw - Preliminary stage

She has also been awarded as Roma Tre Orchestra "Young Artist", music season 2021 - 2022

Performances

Among many piano performances, Michelle Candotti is particularly known for playing with:

Città di Grosseto Symphony Orchestra conducted by M° G. Emilsson
Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, conducted by M° O. Balan

Royal Philharmonic Concerto Orchestra conducted by M° B. Wright
Orchestra of the Goldoni Foundation conducted by Maestro M. Menicagli

Besides, Michelle Candotti has also offered concerts in many major theaters and halls such as the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Teatro Verdi in Pordenone, the Teatro Manzoni and the Sala Mozart in Bologna, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Chapel of merchants, shopkeepers, and bankers in Turin, the Sala Casella for the Roman Philharmonic, the Puccini Auditorium in Torre del Lago, the Sala dei Giganti and at Palazzo Zacco-Armeni in Padua, at Palazzo Albrizzi and Palazzo Cavagnis in Venice, on the Orbetello lagoon for the Orbetello Piano Festival, in the Concert Hall in Prato, at the Teatro delle Comedie and at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, at the Teatro Comunale in Fiuggi, at the Stables Theater in Hastings, at the Royal Albert Hall in the Elgar Room, in Tasis, at the Chopin Hall in Warsaw, the Palazzo Blu in Pisa and was invited as a young talent playing concert in Saint-Germain en Laye, Paris. Of note, Michelle featured in the Chopin's birthplace, Żelazowa Wola, and she offered three concerts at the Chopin's Monument in the Łazienki Park.
In 2023, Michelle opened the Concert's Season in the Quirinale's Paolina Chapel, at the presence of President Sergio Mattarella.