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The Italian pianist, Beatrice Raana, was born into a family of musicians. She began her piano studies at the age of 4 and made her orchestral debut at the age of 9. She currently lives in Rome where she continues her studies with her lifetime mentor, Benedetto Lupo, and studied previously with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover. She came to public attention in 2011 after winning First Prize and all special jury prizes at the Montreal International Competition. Her very promising career was brought to an even higher level in 2013 when she won the Silver Medal and the Audience Award at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In September 2015, she was named a BBC New Generation Artist, and in April 2016 she was awarded a fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust.
At only 23 years old, Beatrice Rana is making waves on the international classical music scene, arousing admiration and interest from conductors, critics and audiences around the world. She collaborates regularly with conductors of the highest level such as Riccardo Chailly, James Conlon, Fabien Gabel, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Emmanuel Krivine, Fabio Luisi, Susanna Mälkki, Jun Märkl, Zubin Mehta, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Antonio Pappano, Trevor Pinnock, Lahav Shani, Leonard Slatkin and Osmo Vänska. Orchestral appearances include the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Torino, London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Dresdner Philharmonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Beatrice Rana performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Zurich’s Tonhalle, London’s Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall, Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Lucerne’s KKL, Berlin Konzerthaus, Cologne Philharmonie, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and Società dei Concerti, Ferrara Musica, Verbier Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Lugano Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Montpellier Radio-France Festival, Lanaudière Festival, Vancouver Recital Society, San Francisco Performances, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall and Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Wolf Trap.
During the 2016-2017 season, Beatrice Rana will embark on an international recital tour of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) to Wigmore Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Berlin Konzerthaus, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Ferrara Musica, Santa Cecilia di Roma and San Francisco Performances amongst others. Further recitals include Munich’s Herkulessaal, Milan, Rome, Tokyo’s Toppan Hall and the Tongyeong Festival in South Korea. She makes concerto appearances with Riccardo Chailly and Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Fabio Luisi and NHK Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Lugano Festival, as well as Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Torino, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Zürcher Kammerorchester at the Cologne Philharmonie and Luzern Sinfonieorchester at the KKL.
An exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, Beatrice Rana released her first album in Fall 2015 featuring Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Antonio Pappano and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The disc received unanimous international acclaim and was named Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice and BBC Magazine’s Recording of the Month. |
