A prize-winning graduate of The Juilliard School, Canadian pianist Raja Rahman has performed worldwide with the likes of Sir Georg Solti, Valery Gergiev, and Iona Brown. Winner of several concerto competitions, Juilliard’s Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship, Artists International competition, Canadian Music Competitions, and other awards, Raja’s career has taken him all over the world as performer and pedagogue.
Collaborations have included cellist Matt Haimovitz, ETHEL, and members of both the Juilliard String Quartet and the San Francisco Symphony. Raja’s major teachers have included Seymour Lipkin, Jerome Lowenthal, Lev Vlassenko, and Byron Janis. Mr. Rahman has performed at Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Kneisel Hall, and other notable festivals.
Raja has enjoyed the lighter side of entertainment as one half of “Jarrett & Raja,” a pianist / magician duo that has toured worldwide and has been featured on TV shows such as America’s Got Talent, Shark Tank, and Masters of Illusion. In 2018, Raja made his Moscow Conservatory concert debut. During the pandemic, Raja recorded for virtual projects with colleagues such as Music at the Mission in San Francisco and the Met Museum’s Balcony Bar series.
Mr. Rahman’s teaching career began at The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program. He also taught for two years at Indiana University while pursuing his DMA. Currently, Raja serves as President of Nevada School of the Arts (NSA), Las Vegas’ preeminent performing arts conservatory where he guides the training of the next generation of gifted young artists and musicians. Raja is leading the effort to build a new college accredited conservatory building in Las Vegas’ cultural epicenter, Symphony Park. Mr. Rahman is a Steinway Artist.
“A VIRTUOSO CONCERT PIANIST” – SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY UK
“A POWERHOUSE PIANIST…” – THE SUNDAY TIMES
“A FIRST-CLASS MUSICIAN” – SIR GEORG SOLTI