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Press Bio:
Pianist, composer, recording artist and teacher from Boulder, Colorado, Ben Raznick has trained with piano professors in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Spain. Raznick was selected in 2019 as a 2x The American Prize semi-finalist in the Professional Solo Piano Performance division, and Composers (Instrumental Chamber Music) division. Raznick is a recipient of Steinway & Sons prestigious Top Music Teacher Award in 2017 & 2018, and currently a piano instructor at Metropolitan State University's DIME-Denver. He is also a verified artist on Spotify, a district advocate for the Recording Academy, and a cofounder of Quincy Jones’ Qwest.tv. In 2018, Raznick was distinguished as a "Friend of the Arts" by Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity and is a current officer for Denver Area Music Teachers Association. Visit BenRaznick.com and follow @BenRaznick on social media to stay informed about his upcoming solo piano classical album, recorded on a 9’ Hamburg Steinway & Sons piano with each piece featuring a professionally edited video of Raznick’s performance. Raznick’s third album will be released in 2020 and submitted for Grammy consideration.
New Album 2020!
Please stay tuned...
2019
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival
Our non profit, the Spotlight Foundation, presents...
Taco Passport 2019
Now available in Boulder & Denver!
Learn more and buy at tacopassport.com. 100% proceeds go to local and international charities!
2019
The American Prize Semi-Finalist
Composition, Solo Piano Performance
2018
Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi
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Magically dreamy, calming and reflective, you won't want to miss pianist Ben Raznick's cover from French motion picture Amélie.
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2018
Alpha Sigma Iota Distinguished "Friend of the Arts"
Thank you Boulder Alumnae Chapter!
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2017
Back to Black
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Featuring piano, vocals, cello and double bass, Back to Black is a brilliant classical crossover rendition paying homage to Amy Winehouse, recorded in Barcelona by international artists from USA, Spain & Cuba.
Ben Raznick - Arrangement and Piano
Inma Ortiz - Vocals Martín Melendez - Cello Pere Loewe - Double Bass |
2017, 2018
Steinway & Sons Top Music Teacher Award
Betsy Johnson visits my home piano studio to present my Top Music Teacher certificate from Steinway & Sons, as voted by Denver's Schmitt Music.
I’m honored to be named a 2017 Steinway & Sons Top Music Teacher! Thank you Betsy Johnson, Barry Damerell, Denver’s Schmitt Music, and of course, Steinway & Sons!
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2017
Radio & Concerts
Radio
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Mother Jones "Bite" Podcast featuring Ben Raznick at 0:01 and 22:05
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Segment on Spain's Radio Sierra debuting Ben Raznick's Memory Maze
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Denver Silent Film Festival
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The Other Side Theatre
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The Roxy Theatre
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2017
Tiny Desk Contest
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Memory Maze merchandise now available for purchase!
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2016
Memory Maze officially available!
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2016
Memory Maze Premiere
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2016
Recording Memory Maze in Barcelona
New Instagram...
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...and New Facebook!
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2014
Victoria Aja, Spanish Concert Pianist
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Victoria Aja plays in Boulder, Colorado visiting from Bilbao, Spain. Featuring artists such as Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Padre Jose Antonio Donostia y Joaquin Larregla. |
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2011-2012
Spanish Piano Performance in Barcelona, Spain
With my piano professor,
Ludovica Mosca in Barcelona, Spain.
♫ Click Ludovica's photo to hear her play. ♫
Performance with castanets and piano.
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"Pianists of Today" recital for Juan Pedro Carrero School of Music.
Repertoire:
1. Danses gitanes, Sacro-Monte - Joaquin Turina 2. Córdoba - Isaac Albéniz 3. Canción y Danza no.VI - Federico Mompou 4. Bésame Mucho (with castanets) - Consuelo Velázquez |
2012
Trio Con Brio at the St. Julien Hotel - Boulder, Colorado
2012
Saturday evenings at Hotel Villa Emilia - Barcelona, Spain
The Zinc Bar, located in the lobby of Hotel Villa Emilia.
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University of Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, 2012
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2010
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2011
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2010
Ben Raznick - Tango y Folklore Argentino
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My first professional CD!
Featuring Argentine tango, milonga, folklore, and two original compositions.
Featuring Argentine tango, milonga, folklore, and two original compositions.
Summer, 2010
Article in Boulder's Daily Camera
2010
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2010
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2010
Something Foreign Trio
My trio with Caroline Cotter and Cole Sigmon. We played anywhere and everywhere! From open mikes, assisted living homes, Boulder's Tonic Herban Lounge, to my first road trip tour across our country performing in Salt Lake City, Portland, and San Francisco - We had a blast!
Caroline continues to perform her music across the world and Cole plays in his Bluegrass group, HenScratch. Check them out!
Caroline continues to perform her music across the world and Cole plays in his Bluegrass group, HenScratch. Check them out!
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2010
My Birthday Cake in Buenos Aires
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Piano cake for my birthday made by my roommates when we lived above the Teatro Ciego! Click the photos above to learn more about the "Blind Theatre," an organization hosting performances that takes place in the complete darkness, run by a blind performing crew. It was an honor to be surrounded by brilliant artists!
2009
São Paulo Metro Station
For two weeks the city located ten upright pianos around the city, and any performer could take a seat at the piano and play a tune!
Of course, I couldn't turn down the opportunity.
Of course, I couldn't turn down the opportunity.
2009
El Ateneo Librería, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing piano on a beautiful Steinway.
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Inside the Ateneo: A historic theatre converted into bookstore.
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Summer, 2009 and 2010
Pearl Street Mall - Boulder, Colorado
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My most memorable moments:
-A fellow who wished to hear the French National Anthem anytime I spotted him walking by. My reward was ALWAYS a two-dollar bill. -A group of middle-schoolers, all involved in a musical play group who requested songs from Phantom of the Opera. It turned into a half-hour karaoke session. -A Brazilian family visiting Boulder asked if I knew any Brazilian tunes. The chat inevitably ended with the hit song, Garota de Ipanema, (Girl from Ipanema)... Saudades! -The Saturday night crowd... at night fall the karaoke songs became hits: Piano Man, Tiny Dancer and American Pie, to name a few. |
2008
Senior Piano Recital - World Tour Premiere!
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fun fact! I was a server at the Orpheum my senior year! I worked in the restaurant and at events and music shows... my perfect college job!
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Repertoire:
1. Première Arabasque - Claude Debussy 2. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor - Frédéric Chopin 3. Des Pas Sur La Neige - Claude Debussy 4. Moonlight, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27 Movement III - Ludwig van Beethoven "Ochenta Por Favor" Presents... Sara Gabriela Pfender, Vocals Ben Raznick, Piano Tim Hallowell, Guitar 5. Canciones de amor - Julieta Venegas 6. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday 7. Love Song - Sara Bareilles Commentary: I have studied my first four pieces throughout the past two semesters. They represent numerous different styles from the classical repertoire. The Arabesque was composed by Debussy in the late 1880s. French Romanticism had a great influence on Debussy's works. The opening arpeggio sets up the rest of the piece for its dreamy and colorful journey. The Fantasie-Impromptu is one of Chopin's most well known pieces. The intricate combination of both hands creates a natural intensity within each moving line. Des Pas Sur La Neige, (Footprints in the snow), written later in Debussy's life in 1910, evokes a resigned sadness and solitude. This piece has been considered to be one of Debussy's most melancholy pieces ever written. The "Moonlight" Sonata is most famous for its dark first movement, followed by a light and calm second movement. This final movement, on the other hand, is stormy and in constant action with rapid progressions. |
2006
Sophomore Piano "Razital"
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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1. Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy
2. Polonaise in A., Op. 40 - Frédéric Chopin 3. Consolation in D - Franz Liszt 4. Comptine d'un autre éte: L'apres midi - Yann Tiersen 5. Sunflower Slow Drag - Scott Joplin 6. Landed - Ben Folds 7/8. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A Flat Major - Johann Sebastian Bach 9. Pathétique Mov. I - Ludwig van Beethoven 10. Pathétique Mov. II - Ludwig van Beethoven 11. Pathétique Mov. III - Ludwig van Beethoven 12. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel |
Senior High School Piano Recital, 2004Repertoire:
1. Prelude in C# Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff 2. Postludium, Op. 13, No. 10 - Ernö Dohnányi 3. Golliwog's Cake Walk - Claude Debussy 4. Waltz, Op. 64, No. 1 - Frédéric Chopin 5. May Song - Op. 1, No. 3 - Enrique Granados 6. Prelude and Fugue, WTC Book 2, No. 15 - Johann Sebastian Bach 7. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin 8. Solace - Scott Joplin 9. Piano Man - Billy Joel 10. Carrying Cathy - Ben Folds 11. Bésame Mucho - Consuelo Velázquez 12. The Piano - Michael Nyman 13. Prelude #1 - George Gershwin 14. Prelude #3 - George Gershwin 15. Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Mov. 1 - Edvard Grieg (Accompanied by Richard Capp) |
With my incredible childhood piano teacher, Judy Lambert.
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