Ralph van Raat - 'The Planets'

Name: Ralph van Raat - 'The Planets'
Start: 2026-10-24
End: 2026-10-25
Location: Goede Rede Concerten

took place · 24 Oct 2026

Goede Rede Concerten, Almere

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Ralph van Raat performs an evening-length programme around The Planets, featuring music by Froukje Verhagen and Gustav Holst, complemented by a new work by Ralph van Raat himself.

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About: Ralph van Raat

Van Raat ranks among the leading interpreters of contemporary piano music worldwide: composers including Tan Dun, Gavin Bryars and David Lang have dedicated works to him, and his Naxos recordings have repeatedly placed in the global top 20 of bestselling classical albums. He has appeared as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

20+

Naxos albums in the worldwide top 20 bestsellers

5/5

BBC Music Magazine score for Arvo Pärt recording

10/10

Score in Luister for John Adams debut album

1999

Winner International Gaudeamus Performers Competition

What's new

2025-09-26
Naxos releases Van Raats new CD with piano works by Pierre Boulez, including two important early, previously unpublished compositions.
2025-10-01
The first review of the Boulez CD appears on Van Raat's website, published by Sequenza21.
2025-05-06
Van Raat receives rave reviews in the Netherlands and Germany for his performances of Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert in a complete piano transcription.

Tracks

John Adams: Complete Piano WorksDebut album on Naxos (2006), 10/10 in Luister and CD of the month in Gramophone

Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be DefeatedBenchmark CD in BBC Music Magazine, Highly Recommended by Gramophone

Arvo Pärt: Piano Music5/5 stars in BBC Music Magazine

Pierre Boulez: Piano WorksNaxos release September 2025, with two previously unpublished early works

Hans Otte: Das Buch der KlängeSelected as CD of the week by Dutch public broadcasting, December 2010

Recent shows

Mar 16, 2025 Kleine Zaal, Haarlem
Aug 19, 2018 Amsterdamse Bostheater, Amstelveen
Sep 2, 2017 Stortemelk, Vlieland

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