The Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, a Van Cliburn silver medallist, plays Bach’s Italian Concerto, Debussy’s first book of Études and Chopin in the Barbican Hall.
Beatrice Rana, the Italian pianist who won silver at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, plays a solo recital at the Barbican Centre on Friday 15 January 2027.
Born in Copertino in 1993, she began the piano at four and made her orchestral debut at nine, playing a Bach concerto. She studied in Monopoli with Benedetto Lupo and in Hanover with Arie Vardi.
Her first international win was the Montreal International Piano Competition in 2011. She records for Warner Classics, and her Goldberg Variations was nominated for a Classic Brit Award in 2018.
She has since appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall. In June 2025 she curated and played a gala concert in St Peter’s Square in Rome for Pope Leo XIV.
The Barbican presents the evening in the Barbican Hall, in its own recital series. Rana opens with Bach’s Italian Concerto, the composer whose Goldberg Variations made her name on record.
Debussy’s first book of Études follows. She closes with Chopin: the two Nocturnes of Op 48, the Second Ballade and the Third Scherzo.