Beatrice Rana
{{Short description|Italian pianist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|01|22}}
| birth_place = Copertino, Italy
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| nationality = Italian
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| occupation = Musician
| awards= First Prize at Montreal International Piano Competition (2011)
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| genre = Classical
| instrument = Piano
| label = Warner Classics
| website = https://www.beatriceranapiano.com/
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Beatrice Rana (born 22 January 1993) is an Italian pianist.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegilmore.org/blog/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-beatrice-rana/|title=The Gilmore: 11 things you might not know about Beatrice Rana|website=Thegilmore.org|date=21 January 2015|access-date=2019-12-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beatrice-rana-mn0002995425|title=Beatrice Rana - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2019-12-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.warnerclassics.com/beatrice-rana/bio|title=Biography +++ Beatrice Rana // Biography|website=Warnerclassics.com|access-date=2019-12-13}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/06/facing-the-music-pianist-beatrice-rana|title=Facing the music: Beatrice Rana|date=6 March 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-13}}
Early life
Born in Copertino,{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Rana-Beatrice.htm|title=Beatrice Rana (Piano) - Short Biography|website=Bach-cantatas.com}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2017/young-artist-of-the-year |title=Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2017 - Young Artist of the Year |access-date=17 March 2024 }} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.classicfm.com/events/classic-brit-awards/news/nominations-full-list-2018/|title=The nominations for the Classic BRIT Awards have been revealed|work=Classic FM|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}
In October 2018, Rana made her debut in Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.{{Cite web|url=https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/calendar|title=Calendar|website=Concertgebouworkest.nl|access-date=Sep 6, 2024}} On 24 and 25 September 2020, she performed Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto with the same orchestra.{{Cite web|url=https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/beatrice-rana-replaces-alexander-gavrylyuk|title = Beatrice Rana replaces Alexander Gavrylyuk|website=Concertgeboumorkest.nl}}
On 12 March 2019, Rana made her Carnegie Hall debut, playing Chopin's Twelve Etudes, Op. 25, to rave reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/arts/music/review-beatrice-rana-piano-carnegie-hall.html|title=Review: Beatrice Rana, a Young Pianist, Holds Carnegie Rapt|first=Anthony|last=Tommasini|date=March 13, 2019|website=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-13}} She returned on 7 June 2019 to play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra.{{Cite web|url=https://oberon481.typepad.com/oberons_grove/2019/06/beatrice-rana-philadelphia-orchestra-carnegie-hall.html|title=Beatrice Rana|Philadelphia Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall|website=Oberon481.typepad.com|access-date=2019-12-13}} She returned again on 17 October 2019, performing Bach's D minor and F minor keyboard concertos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/BWW-Review-ORCHESTRA-OF-ST-LUKES-at-Carnegie-Hall-with-Beatrice-Rana-piano-20191021|title=BWW Review: ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S at Carnegie Hall with Beatrice Rana, piano|first=Joanna|last=Barouch|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2019-12-13}}
Discography
- Chopin: 26 Préludes - Scriabin: Sonata No. 2, Op. 19, ATMA Classique (2012)
- Schumann: Symphonic Studies, Op. 13; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Bartók: Out of Doors, Harmonia mundi (2013)
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 with Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano, Warner Classics (2016)
- Bach: Goldberg Variations, Warner Classics (2017)
- Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" with Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano, Warner Classics (2018)
- Ravel: Miroirs and La valse - Stravinsky: Trois Movements de Petrushka and The Firebird, Warner Classics (2019)
- Schumann: Piano Concerto with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Warner Classics (2023)
- Chopin & Beethoven Sonatas - Funeral March & Hammerklavier, Warner Classics (2024)
- Bach: Keyboard Concertos with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Warner Classics (2025)
References
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External links
- [http://www.beatriceranapiano.com Beatrice Rana's official site]
- [http://www.warnerclassics.com/beatrice-rana Beatrice Rana's Warner Classics' page]
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