Kayden Kelly

SANTA FE, NM | AGE 16

REPERTOIRE

ROUND 1:

J. S. BACH: French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 817 

RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G minor

SEMIFINALS:

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR : Piano Suite, Op. 71  "Three-Fours" (I. Allegro Molto, VI. Allegro Assai)

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 

FINALS:

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14

CHOPIN: Nocturne in C-Sharp minor Op.27 

CHOPIN: Etude Op.25 No.11 "Winter Wind"

DEBUSSY: Estampes, L108 No. 3 "Jardins sous la pluie"

CONCERTO:

LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major

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BIOGRAPHY:

Kayden Kelly has been playing piano since he was five and he was a violinist with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony program for seven years and the Sphinx Performance Academy for four. He has attended summer programs and festivals at the Mozartium International “Young Excellence” Academy in Austria, Juilliard in Switzerland, Curtis Summerfest for piano and violin, PianoTexas, Amalfi Coast Festival and Perugia MusicFest. He has participated in masterclasses with Piotr Paleczny, Olga Kern, Anne McDermott, Dmitri Alexeev, Boris Slutsky, Jerome Lowelthal and Hung-Kuan Chen and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Kayden has performed in festivals in Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Austria, Costa Rica (for the Costa Rican Vice President), Italy and the US. He has been featured on local television and NPR From the Top. He will be performing as a Festival Artist at the 2023 Junior Cliburn as well as participating in the Aspen Music Festival this summer. Kayden is currently studying with Fabio Bidini at the Colburn Academy in Los Angeles.