Born in Brussels, Philippe Raskin devoted himself to music at a very early age. His performances have been illustrated as a “model of radiant authority (…), solar, generous, committed, and under control (MDM, La Libre Belgique) and plays “with an impressive confidence” (JK, Mundo Clasico). 

Born in Brussels, Philippe Raskin devoted himself to music at a very early age. His performances have been described as a “model of radiant authority … solar, generous, committed, and under control (MDM, La Libre Belgique), and plays “with an impressive confidence” (JK, Mundo Clasico). 

Philippe received a diverse musical education, beginning with his studies at the Royal Conservatorium of Brussels in the class of Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden at age 16. After graduating with the highest honors, he completed his Master’s degree at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, as well as at Madrid’s Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia with Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martínez Mehner, receiving the Sobresaliente Prize and the Diplome de Spécialisation at the Strasbourg Conservatory. He further developed his artistry with renowned professors such as Leon Fleisher, Vincenzo Balzani, Leonel Morales, and Hatto Beyerle.

He has won many international competitions, such as the Spanish Composers Competition and the J.S. Bach Competition. He has performed many chamber music recitals and solo concerts worldwide, in important concert halls including the Grand Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), Musikverein (Vienna), and the Berlin Philharmonie. His regular collaborations include performances with the Belgian National Orchestra and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, with chamber music partners such as Clemens Hagen, George Tudorache, and Artur Kaganovskiy.

Philippe has premiered several works and many composers have dedicated works to him, including Stringent & Tremulation by Jean-Marie Rens, a piano sonata by Serkan Gürkan, Sonata Der Hunt by Christoph Ehrenfellner, and Talxochimaco by Michel Béro. Philippe is the Artistic Director of the César Franck International Piano Competition (Belgium) and the International Music Festival Paris (France), and is the Executive Director of the “Piano Loop Festival” (Croatia). 

He is regularly invited to be a jury member at important international piano competitions including the Piano Talents Competition, Lyon Piano Competition, MozArte Competition, and the Spanish Composers Competition, among others. In 2009, Philippe opened his piano school; he also gives many master classes in Belgium and abroad. Philippe is currently a professor at the “Friedrich Gulda” Conservatory (Vienna), the “Talent Music Master Courses” University of Music (Brescia), and the European Music Academy (Paris)