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Ralph van Raat
12+ albums
pianoClassicalcontemporary classicaldutchholland
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After gaining the International Baccalaureate Diploma, pianist and musicologist Ralph van Raat (1978) studied the piano with Prof. Ton Hartsuiker and Prof. Willem Brons at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Musicology at the University of Amsterdam. During his piano studies, which he concluded “Cum Laude" (With Distinction) in 2002, Van Raat was admitted to “The Provision for Outstanding Musicians”, a special training course offered alongside the regular curriculum. He also concluded his musicology studies with the mention "Cum Laude" (With Distinction) (2003). As a part of the Advanced Programme of the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Van Raat studied also with Claude Helffer in Paris, with Ursula Oppens at Chicago’s Northwestern University, with Liisa Pohjola in Finland and with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. Van Raat also has taken part in several masterclasses at home and abroad, made possible through a.o. a Prince Bernhard Cultural Trust Fellowship. Among the prizes Van Raat has won are the Second Prize and Donemus-Prize (for Contemporary Music) of the Princess Christina Competition (1995); the Stipend-Prize Darmstadt during the “Internationale Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik” in Darmstadt (Germany, 1998); First Prize of the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (1999); the Philip Morris Arts Award (2003); the Elisabeth Everts Prize (2005); the international Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship (2005); VSCD Classical Music Prize (2005) and the Fortis Me
top songs
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Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 1: I. Allegro
2,5442Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 1: II. Larghetto - Allegro
2,0723Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: I. Allegro energico
1,8204Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: II. Largo
1,7435Piano Sonatine, Op. 1, No. 2: III. Allegro
1,5746Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante
1,5197Fur Alina (For Alena): Fur Alina
1,5128Partita, Op. 2: I. Toccatina
1,4639Fur Anna Maria
1,44810Partita, Op. 2: II. Fughetta
1,364albums
Pärt: Piano Music
Adams, J.: Piano Music (Complete)
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ADAMS: Piano Music (Complete)
Koechlin: Les Heures Persanes
French Piano Rarities
The Essential Ralph van Raat
Tan Dun: Piano Music
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Musique pour piano
Adams: Complete Piano Music
Messiaen - Debussy: Music for 2 Pianos
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ADAMS, John: Complete Piano Music