Beatrice Rana CHOPIN 26 Préludes - SCRIABINE Sonate No. 2 Op. 19

In June 2011, Beatrice Rana, at the age of 18, became one of the youngest winners of a first prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition. As well, she won each of that year’s special prizes for which she was eligible. She is, said Le Devoir, “not only a pianist but, above all, an artist.” Following this success, Beatrice was invited to play with several orchestras, including the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, the Südwest- deutsche Philharmonie, and the Aarhus Symfonieorkester in Denmark. She also performed as a guest artist with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the symphony orchestras of Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Violons du Roy (Quebec). At only 19 years old, she is invited to play in famous halls and with major organisations and festivals worldwide, including the Tonhalle Zürich, Montreal’s Pro Musica, the Società dei Concerti in Milan, the Vancouver Recital Society, the Festival Berlioz de la Côte Saint-André, La Roque d’Anthéron international piano festival, the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, the Folle journée de Nantes, the Flâneries musicales de Reims, the Festival Busoni in Bolzano, and the Festival de Lanaudière in Quebec. Winner of numerous prizes at international competitions (the Muzio Clementi Competition, the Concours Interna- tional de San Marino, and the Bang & Olufsen PianoRAMA Competition), Beatrice Rana began studying the piano when she was 4, and became a student of Benedetto Lupo at the Conservatoire Nino Rota, from which she graduated at the precocious age of 16. She now studies in Hanover with Arie Vardi.