PIAM - Semi-final II: Liszt and Chopin

PIAM - Semi-final II: Liszt and Chopin

Acclaimed classical music talent scout Antonio Mormone (1930-2017) lives on as the name-giver of the Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone (PIAM), awarded to the winner of the Italian music competition of the same name. The first edition of this competition, which was held in various venues in Milan from 2019 to 2021, was dedicated to the piano. As part of this competition, Micah McLaurin (USA, 1994) performs various works by Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major; Liszt’s arrangement of Robert Schumann’s Widmung S.566; Funérailles from the cycle Harmonies poétiques et religieuses; Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Années de Pèlerinage II; and Mephisto Waltz No. 1. As an encore, McLaurin plays Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2. This performance was recorded at Auditorium Giorgio Gaber in Milan, in January 2020.