Beatrice Rana

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Beatrice Rana
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Rana interviewed in 2019
Born (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31)
NationalityItalian
OccupationMusician
AwardsFirst Prize at Montreal International Piano Competition (2011)
Musical career
Genres Classical
Instrument(s)Piano
Labels Warner Classics
Website https://www.beatriceranapiano.com/

Beatrice Rana (born 22 January 1993) is an Italian pianist. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Born in Copertino, [5] Rana began studying piano at the age of 4, and made her orchestral debut at 9, performing Bach's Piano Concerto in F minor conducted by Francesco Libetta. She studied with Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli and Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Hanover, Germany.

Career and recognition

Rana won the first prize and special jury prizes at the 2011 Montreal International Piano Competition and the silver medal at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Rana is an exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics. Her recordings of the Tchaikovsky First and Prokofiev Second concertos and Bach's Goldberg Variations contributed to her winning the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Awards Young Artist of the Year. [6] In 2018 she was nominated for the Classic Brit Awards in the "Best Female Artist of the Year" category for her recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. [7]

In October 2018, Rana made her debut in Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. [8] On 24 and 25 September 2020, she performed Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto with the same orchestra. [9]

On 12 March 2019, Rana made her Carnegie Hall debut, playing Chopin's Twelve Etudes, Op. 25, to rave reviews. [10] She returned on 7 June 2019 to play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra. [11] She returned again on 17 October 2019, performing Bach's D minor and F minor keyboard concertos. [12]

Discography

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