Ludovica Rana

Ludovica Rana 
Born in 1995 into a family of musicians, Ludovica started her career playing in important concert season such as the Società dei Concerti in Milan, Musica Insieme in Bologna, Cremona Mondo Musica, Musica Pura in Pordenone, Ritratti Festival in Monopoli, Fazioli Concert Hall, Messina Philharmonic Academy, Varignana Music Festival, I Concerti del Quirinale, Villa Solomei Festival, Classiche Forme Festival.

There are also numerous collaborations in the area of Chamber Music, including those with her sister Beatrice Rana, Enrico Bronzi, Enrico Dindo, Pablo Ferràndez, Giovanni Sollima, Bruno Giuranna, Oleg Kaskiv, Francesco Libetta, Massimo Quarta, Danilo Rossi, Alessandro Taverna, Pavel Vernikov. She won prestigious competitions such as the 30th "Mario Benvenuti" Rassegna Nazionale in Vittorio Veneto, the "The Note Zagreb" Prize at the IX International Competition for young cellists "Antonio Janigro" in Croatia; in 2016 the First Prize at the International Music Competition "Vienna" Grand Prize Virtuoso and the "Young Virtuoso Award" at the 1th Manhattan International Music Competition in New York. In 2014 she won the 1st prize of the Special Section of the “Francesco Geminiani Prize” receiving the cello of Maestro Giovanni Lazzaro (Padua 2011) called "Furibondo"  for two years. Graduated in Cello in 2014 with full marks and laude at the "G. Paisiello" Music Institute in Taranto, Ludovica also studied with Enrico Dindo at the Pavia Cello Academy and at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana. In 2020 she graduated with full marks and laude with M ° Giovanni Sollima, in the Specialization Course in Cello at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Also at the same Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia she obtains her diploma with full marks in the Advanced Chamber Music Course with Carlo Fabiano.
She teaches Chamber Music at Conservatorio “N. Piccinni” in Bari. Artistic Secretary of Classiche Forme-International Chamber Music Festival, since 2018 she is Artistic Director of the Sfere Sonore Concert Season in her city of Arnesano (Le), of the Chroma Season of the Koreja Theater of Lecce and of the Arnesano School of Strings Sistema Musica. She plays a Claude Augustin Miremont from 1870.