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Aidan Mikdad

Classical pianist

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This is my own piano transcription of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. I will transcribe the other movements in October. The score will be available soon!

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Bachelor Exam Recital of Aidan Mikdad @ Conservatory of Amsterdam - 3 June 2021

The examination board marked the final exam recital of Aidan with a 10 and awarded him the highest honor "summa cum laude" because he has shown in the unanimous opinion of the jury members an exceptional level.

PROGRAM
Beethoven
Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a, known as Les Adieux
Chopin
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Scriabin
Etude Op. 8 No. 9 in G-sharp Minor
Ligeti
Études for Piano (Book 1)
"No. 5: Arc-en-Ciel"
Liszt
Etude d'execution transcendante No. 5 "feux follets"
Scriabin
Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, known as the Black Mass

Aidan Mikdad (Amsterdam, 19 November 2001) is a Dutch classical pianist.

Recently (May 2021) and at the age of 19, he reached the semi-final in the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition as the youngest participant of the 12 semi-finalists.
At 15 (2017), he won the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Young Talent Award. Recently he won the Pnina Salzman Memorial Prize at the Tel-Hai International Piano Masterclasses in Israël. In 2016, he won the first prize of the Premio Internazionale Pianistico “A. Scriabin” for pianists up to 35 years of age, he also received the Tabor Foundation Piano Award from the Verbier Festival as a recognition of his potential and as an investment in his promise. At 13, he won the Klavier-Festival Ruhr Scholarship that was awarded to him by pianist Hélène Grimaud. In 2014, he won the first prize in the International Piano Competition of Lagny-sur-Marne. At 11 (in 2013), he won the first prize of the Koninklijk Concertgebouw Competition.

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