Beatrice Rana

Beatrice Rana (born January 22, 1993) is an Italian pianist.Born in Copertino, Rana began studying piano at the age of 4, and made her orchestral debut at 9, performing Bach's Piano Concerto in F minor. She studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover and Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli. 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. 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.On March 12, 2019, Rana made her Carnegie Hall debut, playing Chopin's Twelve Etudes, Op. 25, to rave reviews. She returned on June 7, 2019, to play Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She returned again on October 17, 2019, performing Bach's D minor and F minor keyboard concertos.