For the Italian pianist, classical music is an art whose own language you have to engage with in order to understand it. People, says Beatrice Rana, would appreciate music more if they knew the grammar and semantics of this “language” better. And that is the central point for her: “Musical education must be improved so that people, young and old, can enjoy classical music. And I don’t just mean musical education in schools, which enables children to come into contact with classical music, but also musical education in the sense that people should be able to go to concerts. And that they are proud to do so. That they don’t think that what they hear is something dead. Or that it’s just virtuoso artistry without aesthetic categories.” When she takes to the stage with flautist Emanuel Pahud, the audience will understand what she means after just a few notes.