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In 1897, the young Sergei Rachmaninoff experienced one of the darkest moments of his life. His First Symphony was premiered in St. Petersburg. Though Alexander Glazunov, his celebrated colleague, was the conductor, he had absolutely no control over the orchestra. Rachmaninoff was treated to a barrage of sounds that had little to do with the score. Naturally, the audience disliked the work, and the reviews were devastating. Rachmaninoff felt as if he had been struck by lightning: for three years he was unable to compose at all. When the Lucerne Festival Orchestra plays this remarkable symphony, it will be hard to comprehend what happened back then. Riccardo Chailly considers it a masterpiece. He pairs it with another early stroke of genius by the composer, the tone poem The Rock, which moved Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to tears shortly before his death in the fall of 1893. And then there is the magnificent Paganini Rhapsody, which Rachmaninoff composed in Hertenstein near Lucerne in 1934: a showpiece of bizarre demonic and dreamy melodiousness. Beatrice Rana, the exceptionally gifted Italian virtuoso, will perform this breathtakingly magical piece.
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Beatrice Rana Biography
Beatrice Rana has been shaking the international classical music world, arousing admiration and interest from concert presenters, conductors, critics and audiences internationally.
Beatrice performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including the Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall, Walt Disney Hall and Hollywood Bowl, London's Royal Albert Hall.
She collaborates with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Klaus Mäkelä, Lahav Shani, Manfred Honeck, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Zubin Mehta.
In the 2024/25 season, Beatrice will be artist in residence at Paris’ Radio-France.The residency will involve a recital at the Auditorium de Radio France and several concerts and tours with both in-house orchestras, the Orchestre National de France and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and their music directors Cristian Macelaru and Mikko Frank. She will also return to the New York Philharmonic with Marek Janowski, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Gianandrea Noseda, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck, and debut with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu.
Beatrice Rana records exclusively for Warner Classics. Her latest album, released in 2024, is dedicated to two monuments of the 19th century repertoire, Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata and Chopin’s sonata No.2 ‘Funeral March’.
In 2017, Beatrice started her own chamber music festival ‘Classiche Forme’ in her native town of Lecce, Puglia. The festival has become one of Italy’s major summer events.
Read MoreBeatrice performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including the Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall, Walt Disney Hall and Hollywood Bowl, London's Royal Albert Hall.
She collaborates with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Klaus Mäkelä, Lahav Shani, Manfred Honeck, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Zubin Mehta.
In the 2024/25 season, Beatrice will be artist in residence at Paris’ Radio-France.The residency will involve a recital at the Auditorium de Radio France and several concerts and tours with both in-house orchestras, the Orchestre National de France and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and their music directors Cristian Macelaru and Mikko Frank. She will also return to the New York Philharmonic with Marek Janowski, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Gianandrea Noseda, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck, and debut with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu.
Beatrice Rana records exclusively for Warner Classics. Her latest album, released in 2024, is dedicated to two monuments of the 19th century repertoire, Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata and Chopin’s sonata No.2 ‘Funeral March’.
In 2017, Beatrice started her own chamber music festival ‘Classiche Forme’ in her native town of Lecce, Puglia. The festival has become one of Italy’s major summer events.
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