The Scherzo Foundation's Great Performers concert series kicks off its new season with a recital featuring the Italian pianist, Beatrice Rana. The recital will take place on 9 October in the Sala Sinfónica (Symphony Hall) at the National Music Auditorium.
Throughout her career, Beatrice Rana has performed recitals in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and she is a regular guest at the Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, Verbier Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr and the Easter Festival in Aix en Provence.
Born into a family of musicians, she studied under Benedetto Lupo at the Nina Roto Music Conservatory in Monopoli, where she also studied composition under Marco della Sciucca. In 2017, she founded the Classiche Forme chamber music festival in her home town of Lecce, Puglia, which was awarded a Medal from Sergio Mattarella, the President of the Republic.
Her concerts with the Bavarian State Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Vienna Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic stand out.
Artistic File:
Venue: National Music Auditorium - Sala Sinfónica
Programme:
J. S. Bach - English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Bourrée I
- Bourrée II
- Gigue
Claude Debussy - Études, Book I
- For five fingers, after Mr. Czerny
- For thirds
- For fourths
- For sixths
- For octaves
- For eight fingers
- INTERVAL -
Frédéric Chopin
- Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
- Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2
- Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op 38
- Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39