Schumann / Ravel / Bartók Béatrice Rana

• 1 Thema Andante 01:31
• 2 Etude I Un poco piu vivo 01:18
• 3 Etude II 03:09
• 4 Etude III Vivace 01:12
• 5 Etude IV 00:58
• 6 Etude V 01:15
• 7 Etude VI Agitato 00:55
• 8 Etude VII Allegro molto 01:06
• 9 Etude VIII 02:30
• 10 Etude IX Presto possibile 00:38
• 11 Etude X 01:16
• 12 Etude XI Con espressione 02:34
• 13 Etude XII Allegro brillante 06:37
• 14 I. Ondine 06:34
• 15 II. Le gibet 06:18
• 16 III. Scarbo 09:25
• 17 I. With Drums and Pipes. Pesante 01:46
• 18 II. Barcarolla. Andante 02:31
• 19 III. Musettes. Moderato 03:01
• 20 IV. The Night's Music. Lento 05:08
• 21 V. The Chase. Presto 02:27
• Total Runtime 01:02:09

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Silver Medal winner Beatrice Rana was praised for her 'intensely personalized music-making' (Dallas Morning News) that 'had an electrical current running through virtually every measure' (The Plain Dealer). Already a rising star, Rana was named 'One to Watch' by International Piano magazine just before her Cliburn appearance. In addition to a tour of the United States arranged by the Cliburn, highlights of Rana's 2013–14 season include invitations to perform with Yannick Nézet-Seguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, Miguel Harth-Bedoya with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Fayçal Karoui with the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. This live recording of her competition performances features works by Schumann Ravel and Bartók.

With performances heralded as “sheer enchantment, alternately out-of-body and almost fearsome in intensity” (Dallas Morning News) and “an endlessly fascinating piece of humanity that had the orchestra riveted on every note” (Huffington Post), Italian pianist Beatrice Rana drew mass attention during the 2013 Cliburn Competition, capturing second prize, as well as the Audience Award.

A prizewinner many times over, Ms. Rana was named “One to Watch” by International Piano magazine just before her Cliburn appearance. Highlights of her 2013–14 season include invitations to perform with Yannick Nézet-Seguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, Miguel Harth-Bedoya with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Fayçal Karoui with the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and tours of the United States arranged by the Cliburn. Beatrice has previously been invited to several festivals around the world, including the Busoni, La Folle Journée, La Roque d’Anthéron, Lanaudière and Radio-France Festivals. In 2012, she released her first CD of works by Scriabin and Chopin on ATMA Classique.

“So the evening’s shining star was Beatrice Rana… She engaged the listener from the first moments, taking time in the introspective moments and capturing the irony and atmosphere of Prokofiev. The first movement cadenza was a tour-de-force She has technique to burn, but she also paced herself well… Her control of mood and sonority was often stunning.” (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Beatrice Rana, piano

Recorded in concert May 24–June 9, 2013 at Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas Audio Engineer: Tom Lazarus, Classic Sound, Inc. Mastering: Brad Michel Producers: Richard Dyer, Jacques Marquis, Robina G. Young

Beatrice Rana
At barely 20 years old, 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. In June 2013, she won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the highly prestigious Van Cliburn competition, bringing her to yet a new level in her already very promising career. She had attracted international attention at 18, winning 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International competition in 2011.

Beatrice is invited in concert series and festivals throughout the world, such as Zurich’s Tonhalle, London’s Wigmore Hall, Milan’s Società dei Concerti, Paris’ Auditorium du Louvre, La Roque d’Anthéron international piano festival, the Ruhr Klavier Festival, Radio-France Festival in Montpellier, Piano aux Jacobins Festival in Toulouse, Lanaudière Festival in Quebec, the Vancouver Recital Society, La Folle Journée Festival in Nantes, Busoni Festival in Bolzano. She is now also a guest of several major venues in the United-States.

A guest of several orchestras internationally, she will debut with Yannick Nézet-Seguin in Montreal in 2013 and with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 2015. She will play at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in 2014 under Fayçal Karoui and with Miguel Harth-Bedoya in 2013. Beatrice has played with Leonard Slatkin, Joshua Weilerstain, Fabien Gabel, Bernard Labadie.

A recipient of an impressive number of first prizes in national and international piano competitions, such as “Muzio Clementi” Competition, “International Piano Competition of the Republic of San Marino” and "Bang&Olufsen PianoRAMA Competition”, Beatrice was selected in 2010 among 60 participants as one of the six pianists allowed to take part in the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize. She now studies with Arie Verdi at the Hannover Hochschule.

Born to a family of musicians in 1993, Beatrice Rana made her debuts as a soloist with orchestra at the age of 9, performing Bach Concerto in F minor. Beatrice began her musical studies at four and achieved her Piano Degree at the age of sixteen with top marks, laude and honorable mention under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli, where she also studied composition with Marco della Sciucca. During her studies, she was awarded at the age of twelve the prestigious scholarship of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research for her great and very precocious musical talent. At the same time she attended masterclasses in Italy, France and United States with artists such as M. Beroff, A. Ciccolini, A. Jasinski, F. J. Thioillier, E. Virsaladze.

Beatrice recorded Chopin’s Preludes on the Atma label in 2012, together with Scriabine’s 2nd Sonata, and received international acclaim for this first CD.

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