Ralph van Raat
Piano | Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony 2025-2026

Born: Naarden, the Netherlands
Specialty: contemporary piano music – a fascination since the age of 14
Education: piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and with Claude Helffer (Paris), Ursula Oppens (Chicago), Liisa Pohjola (Finland), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Cologne); musicology at the University of Amsterdam
Solo-appearances: Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2006
Photo: Heather Pinkham