BEATRICE RANA

The international press has been following her since her winning, when she was only eighteen, of the 2011 Montréal Competition. However, it was with the silver medal and the Audience Award won at the Van Cliburn 2013 that Beatrice’s career skyrocketed. Thanks to her extraordinary talent, highlighted by a cheerful and determined personality which allows her to take on always new challenges, the 24-year-old Italian pianist has already performed in the world’s most prestigious concert halls: from the Wigmore Hall to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, from the Konzerthaus in Berlin to the Toppan Hall in Tokyo, next to conductors of the caliber of Zubin Metha, Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi and Juraj Valchua. An exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, she was named a BBC New Generation Artist in September 2015, while in April 2016 she was awarded a fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, as well as the “Franco Abbiati” Critics Award. She has recently been knighted by the Italian President Sergio Mattarella for her outstanding artistic and professional achievements. She has studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover but is currently continuing her studies in Rome, where she lives, with her longtime mentor Benedetto Lupo.

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