Beatrice Rana
Piano
“Beatrice possesses an old soul that belies her twenty years, and more than a touch of genius” Gramophone, January 2014
Beatrice Rana has shaken the international classical music world already and aroused admiration and interest from concert presenters, conductors, critics and audiences in many countries.The year 2017 will remain as a milestone in her career with the release of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on Warner classics, praised by reviewers worldwide and crowned major awards.
Beatrice performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw’s main hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Verbier Festival, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Hall and Hollywood Bowl, Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Munich’s Prinzregententheater, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
She collaborates with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Fabio Luisi, Yuri Temirkanov, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Kent Nagano, Zubin Mehta, or Vladimir Jurowski, and orchestras like the London Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, NHK Symphony, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.Between 2015 and 2017 Beatrice was part of BBC New Generation Artist Scheme, and in April 2016, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust awarded her a fellowship.In June 2013, Beatrice won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the prestigious Van Cliburn competition. At 18 she won 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International competition in 2011.
Born to a family of musicians in 1993, Beatrice began her musical studies at four and achieved her Piano Degree under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli.