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Søren Rastogi
Piano
Søren Rastogi is a Danish pianist with a wide-ranging career as a soloist and chamber musician. His repertoire extends from Mozart, Schumann and Rachmaninov to Bartók, Stravinsky, Bernstein and Gershwin, while his musical curiosity also embraces lesser-known works deserving a place in the concert repertoire.
Rastogi studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Tove Lønskov and Niklas Sivelöv, and at Berlin’s Hochschule der Künste with "Pascal Devoyon. He completed his studies with the highest marks and made his debut from the Academy’s advanced soloist programme in 2005.
As a concerto soloist, he has performed with most of Denmark’s symphony orchestras, working with conductors including Thomas Søndergård, Cristian Mandeal, Douglas Bostock, Christian Kluxen, Peter Feranec, Hans Graf and Ilan Volkov. His chamber music partners have included Vilde Frang, Andreas Brantelid, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Benjamin Schmid.
As a chamber musician, Rastogi combines the independence of a soloist with an attentive approach to musical dialogue. His sensitivity to phrasing, timing and colour is central to his collaboration with Andreas Brantelid and to their interpretations of the intimate, lyrical repertoire of Miniatures.
His recordings reflect his broad musical interests and include the world-premiere recording of Paul von Klenau’s Piano Concerto and Visiting
Grieg with baritone Johannes Weisser. With his wife, cellist Janne Fredens, he recorded UPHEAVAL for OUR Recordings. Their subsequent album, RESURGENCE, brings together Leokadiya Kashperova’s two Romantic cello sonatas in their world-premiere recording.
Alongside his performing career, Rastogi holds a professorship at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg. He chairs the jury of the Aarhus International Piano Competition and, together with Janne Fredens, serves as
artistic director of the Odsherred Chamber Music Festival.