Recital by the winner of the 2025 Pianolink Competition, Alain Marie – "Cremona Musica" Prize

Programme

F. Couperin – Les Barricades Mystérieuses
F. Chopin – Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
C. Debussy – Poissons d’or
A. Scriabin – Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 16 No. 1
F. Chopin – Étude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
F. Chopin – Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1
S. Rachmaninov / A. Volodos – Romance, Op. 21 No. 7
J. S. Bach / A. Siloti – Prelude in B minor
P. Glass – Étude No. 6

Alain Mari

Alain Mari began playing the piano at the age of six and studied at the Nice Conservatory, where he was awarded a First Prize in 1988. He attended masterclasses with Jacques Rouvier and Venceslas Yankov.

After a long break devoted to his studies and professional career, he returned to the piano in 2014 and resumed performing in public in 2020. He was a finalist in the PianoLink International Amateurs Competition in 2020, 2022 and 2023. His repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, with a particular affinity for Chopin.

Alain Mari is the winner of the Cremona Musica Special Prize of the PianoLink International Amateurs Competition 2025, an audience award based on the appreciation received by the competitors’ performances on YouTube, measured through the likes collected over the course of an entire year.