Philippe Raskin

Philippe Raskin was born in Brussels in 1982 and from a very young age consecrated himself to music. He began his training with Alexandr Friedland a Russian conductor and then continued with Bernadette Malter and Loredana Clini. He refined his talent with Emanuel Krasovksy, Vincenzo Balzani, Ralf Gothoni and Leon Fleisher. At the age of 16 he began studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden's class. At the end of his first year he was awarded a high distinction. He then joined Queen Elisabeth's musical chapel while continuing to study under Jean- Claude Vanden Eynden graduating with a high distinction and obtaining his diploma from the conservatory. He then studied at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia with Dimitri Bashkirov and in his first year received from her Majesty the queen Sofia the Sobresaliente prize at Pardo palace. In 2010 he furthered his studies at the Conservatory of Strasbourg under Amy Lin and obtained his specialisation diploma with a high distinction. In 2012 and 2013 he worked with Leonel Morales. He has won numerous national and international competitions, including the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition the Rotary Gretry Competition, the Grand International Piano Competition of Paris, the Lions Club Competition, and the International André Dumortier Competition. In 2012 he was a laureate of the International Piano Competition of Lyon and in the same year won the International Piano Competition of Madrid