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10.11.14

Beatrice Rana Returns


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Chopin, Preludes / Scriabin, Sonata No. 2, B. Rana, recorded at the Concours Musical International de Montréal
(ATMA Classique, 2012)
Charles T. Downey, Beatrice Rana, a pianist, returns to D.C.
Washington Post, November 4, 2014
Last year Beatrice Rana, on the heels of her silver medal at the Van Cliburn Competition, gave her Washington-area debut at Wolf Trap. The Italian pianist was back on Saturday afternoon for a concert at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, presented on the Hayes Piano Series by Washington Performing Arts. Her startling technique remains among the most faultless of young pianists today, and it was displayed, in this recital, in some dazzling repertoire.

Rana took some of the movements of Bach’s first partita (B-flat major, BWV 825) with rhythmic freedom... [Continue reading]
Beatrice Rana, piano
Washington Performing Arts
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

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