PARK Magazine

“ I SAW
THINGS WITH
CRYSTALS, AND
IT REALLY
CAUGHT MY
EYE. IT REALLY
DEVELOPED MY
TASTE FOR
FASHION”
the designer who’s worked with Michael
Jackson, Lada Gaga, Britney Spears, Katy
Perry and RuPaul. Zaldy and Micah’s
collaborations have resulted in some unique
creations, including their Royal Covid mask
with gold-encrusted diamonds hanging off
both sides. He wore the powder blue mask
with a matching suit for his first post-Covid
performance at the High Line Nine. Micah
also worked with Zaldy on Rhapsody in Gaga
an arrangement of Lady Gaga’s songs “Bad
Romance” and “Paparazzi” that has just been
released on YouTube.
Instagram & YouTube
The 27-year-old has been performing since
he was a child protégé .From the time he first
laid his fingers on the piano he became
hooked. He remembers being consumed
with piano during his childhood. He never
focused on school because he knew he was
destined to become a pianist. Micah’s
education at Curtis also unlocked a
newfound love for fashion. “I only wore
hand-me-down clothes; I never had the
chance to go shopping until I went to Curtis. I
saw things with crystals, and it really caught
my eye. It really developed my taste for
fashion,” Micah said. Through social media,
Micah is helping create a new national
appreciation of classical music. “It’s
interesting how Chopin has millions of
monthly listeners on Spotify,” Micah said,
“Even some pop artists don’t have that.”
Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue
“ My mom got a book called Teach Yourself
How to Play Piano and tried to sit us all down
and teach us. When she gave up, I started going
through it on my own and figured things out
for myself. I was the 3rd of 7 children: 3 boys ,4
girls. It was pretty crazy; I shared a room with
my two brothers for most of my life. I went to a
Catholic school at one point and dropped out.
I wanted to be homeschooled because I wanted
to play piano; I really didn’t like school because
I was too obsessed with piano to care. When I
first started, I remember vividly how much I
loved the sound. It’s so powerful, it’s so
beautiful. It encompasses so many emotions,
you play the whole piece - the melody, the bass,
the accompaniment - you experience the whole
work and the whole emotion. With the piano
it’s complete, you have all the parts in one
place. It can pretty much do anything; it almost
has no limits, other than you can’t sustain a
note it will die out.”
This summer Micah’s doing a tour in Italy
with the cellist Ludovica Lana . “ We’re playing
all Chopin. I’m also performing Bohemian
Rhapsody in Blue in Germany. It’s going to be
the world premiere.P
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