Beatrice Rana at Carnegie Hall: technique, power and precision

Beatrice Rana

By Susan Stempleski, 14 November 2025

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“Rana demonstrated an extraordinarily wide range of touch and sonority”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 12 November 2025

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.75 (selection)

Debussy, 12 Études, L.136 (Book II)

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Suite no. 1, Op.71a (arr. Pletnev, selection)

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, Op.82

Scriabin, Étude in C sharp minor, Op.2 no.1 (encore)

Debussy, Étude no. 6 pour les huit doigts (encore)

Beatrice Rana, Piano

Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw

Antonio D'Amato, 9th October

An evening of contrasts at the Concertgebouw, where Beatrice Rana’s poised Beethoven meets Paavo Järvi’s clear-eyed Sibelius in a thoughtful performance with moments of genuine resonance.

***11

The Philadelphia Orchestra brings William Grant Still to Saratoga

Cameron Kelsall, 13th August

Still's Second Symphony anchors a Saratoga program that also featured familiar hits by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov.

****1

BBC Symphony and Josep Pons at the Proms: a dextrous dance

Dominic Lowe, 8th August

A programme heavily skewed to the balletic saw the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Josep Pons dispatch difficult passages with ease.

****1

Edward Gardner brings the London Philharmonic to the EIF

Simon Thompson, 5th August

The Planets gets the star treatment from Gardner and the LPO, while Beatrice Rana brings disarming delicacy to Rachmaninov.

****1

Schumann, Ravel and the heat at Beatrice Rana’s ‘Classiche Forme’

Laurence Vittes, 13th July

On a gracefully warm Lecce evening, radiant Schumann and Ravel’s austere shimmer, anchored by Beatrice Rana’s quiet authority and elegance.

****1

Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence

Charlotte Gardner, 24th April

Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France bring a thrilling Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to the Festival de Pâques, even if their Shostakovich 10 is more of a beauty than a bully.

***11

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.