Ramin Bahrami Iran Germany Italy

Ramin Bahrami (Tehran, 1976) graduated under Piero Rattalino at the Milan Conservatory and furthered his studies at the Accademia Pianistica di Imola and with Wolfgang Bloser at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart. He specialised with Alexis Weissenberg, Charles Rosen, András Schiff, Robert Levin and Rosalyn Tureck. His interpretative research concentrates on J. S. Bach's extensive keyboard compositions, approached with the respect and cosmopolitan sensitivity rooted in his cultural background and education. His diverse roots—German, Russian, Turkish, and Persian—shaped his childhood and allow him to explore Bach’s music in a way that emphasises its universal qualities. Bahrami has performed at major international festivals, including the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, the Festival d’Uzès, the Piano aux Jacobins Festival in Toulouse, the Tallinn Baroque Music Festival in Estonia, and the Beijing Piano Festival in China, as well as at prestigious Italian venues such as La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Ramin Bahrami records exclusively for Decca-Universal. His albums are bestsellers and regularly receive critical and public praise. He has charted in the GfK Top 100 best-selling albums five times. His awards include the MozArt Box Prize and the Città di Piacenza–Giuseppe Verdi Prize. In Italy, Bahrami is published by Mondadori and Bompiani. He is currently completing a series called Music Explained to Children for La nave di Teseo. In 2023, he led the main concert that marked the 850th anniversary of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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