Born in Brussels, Belgium,
in 1982, Philippe RASKIN started learning the piano at the age
of 7 with Aleksander Friedland, a Russian conductor, then with Bernadette
Malter, and afterwards with Loredana Clini.
At the age of 16, while attaining
school, Philippe started studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels
in the class of Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, with Burchard Spinnler as
deputy teacher. The same year he obtained his first degree with honours.
Philippe attained several international
training courses and master classes, with among others: Sergueï Koutznetsov,
Pascal Sigrist, Boyan Vodenitcharov, Eugène Moguilevsky, Brigitte Engerer,
Abdel Rahman El Bacha and David Lively.
He performed successfully in
several competitions: In 1996, he won the “J.S. Bach” in Brussels.
In 1998, he got an award at the “Cantabile” in Antwerp and won the
“A.M. Grétry” in Liège. In 2001, he received the first prize of
the “International Paris Competition” from the unanimous jury and
in 2002, he was awarded the first prize of interpretation at the “Lions”
in Brussels.
In 2002, he successfully passed
the entrance examination for the Queen Elisabeth College in Brussels
with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden as instructor. He graduated in 2004 with
highest honours. The same year, he got his Master’s degree at the
Royal Conservatoire of Brussels and received the support of the Nany
Philippart Foundation.
In 2005, Philippe succeeded
at the entrance examination for the “Escuela Superior de Musica Reina
Sofia” in Madrid where he studied under the leadership of Dimitri
Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez. In October 2005, he won the first prize
of the “André Dumortier” international competition and in June
2006 he received from H.M. the Queen the Reina Sofia Sobresaliente Price
at the Pardo Palace in Madrid.
Philippe regularly performs in Belgium and abroad. He participated with several orchestras, among others the Flemish Radio Orchestra with P. Bartholomée as conductor, de Filharmonie of Antwerp with Olari Elts. At the invitation of the Chopin Warsaw Academy he gave a concert in the house where the composer was born. He recently participated in several representations of the Messiah of Haendel with Rainer Schmidt and the Madrid Camerata.
More information on www.philipperaskin.com.
