Roy Ranen, born in Israel in 2001, is a pianist based in Zurich. He performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and Israel. In December 2024 he made his debut at the Kleine Tonhalle Zürich as part of the SONIC MATTER Festival.
Roy is a multiple prizewinner: in 2024 he won 1st prize at the Landolt Piano Competition and 2nd prize at the Kiwanis Chamber Music Competition. He has taken part in international festivals and masterclasses, including the Tel Hai International Piano Masterclasses and the Musica Mundi Chamber Music Festival.
He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, where he studied with Prof. Emanuel Krasovsky. He is currently completing his master’s at the Zurich University of the Arts in the class of Prof. Eckart Heiligers.
Roy has received scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Tfunot Tarbut Foundation and the Burkhalter Foundation. He has taken masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Natalia Trull, Dina Yoffe, Gilbert Kalish and Norma Fisher, among others.
His artistic interests embrace both historical and contemporary performance practice. Besides the modern concert grand, he plays the fortepiano and works with living composers, including the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, currently artistic director at the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
Photo: Nils Mehr