Michelle Candotti obtained her Piano Diploma with top marks at the age of 14 under the guidance of Prof. Laura Palmieri. She later earned a three-year Diploma at the “Incontri col Maestro” Academy in Imola with M° Enrico Pace, as well as a Master in Performance with distinction and an Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London under M° Dmitri Alexeev.
At just 17 years old, she was a solo finalist at the 59th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. Throughout her career, she has achieved prestigious international accolades, including third prize and the Audience Prize at the “XVII International Competition Grand Prix Animato” in Paris, second prize at the “11th German Piano Award” in Frankfurt, and finalist at the “5th Maj Lind Piano Competition” in Helsinki. Additionally, she was a semifinalist at the renowned “18th Chopin International Competition” in Warsaw. Among her national awards, she has won the Crescendo Prize, the fORTissimo Prize in Florence, and the 10th International “Andrea Baldi” Competition in Bologna.
She has performed with renowned orchestras, including the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concerto Orchestra, the Philharmonia Frankfurt, the Città di Grosseto Symphony Orchestra, the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Fondazione Goldoni Orchestra.
She has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Paolina Chapel at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, performing for the President of the Italian Republic, with the concert broadcast live on RAI Radio3. She has also played at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Royal Park in Warsaw in front of over 3000 people, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, where she performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 K595.
She is currently continuing her studies with M° Carlo Palese in Livorno and is enrolled in the Konzertexamen program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg under M° Hubert Rutkowski. She is also supported by the Flugel Fundus.