In both art and life, violinist Rachel Barton Pine [www.rachelbartonpine.com] has an extraordinary ability to connect with people. Celebrated as a great interpreter of classical works, her performances portray her innate gift for emotional communication whilst combining a powerful display of her flawless technique, lustrous tone and infectious joy in music-making.

Rachel Barton Pine has performed with prestigious orchestras throughout the world including Chicago, Montreal, Vienna, Iceland, Bournemouth and New Zealand Symphonies; the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Scottish and Israel Chamber Orchestras, the Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie and at the Salzburg Festival. She has worked with conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Neeme Jrvi, Marin Alsop and Erich Leinsdorf.

Her 2012-13 season includes performances with the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Orchestre de Bretagne, the Sacramento and New Mexico Philharmonics and City Music Cleveland. Throughout the year she will play concertos by Bartok, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Vieuxtemps, and Vivaldi. She will also perform the five Mozart violin concertos with the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra.

Rachel Barton Pine is a top prize winner from several of the world’s leading competitions, including a gold medal at the 1992 J.S Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig and other top awards from International Violin Competitions around the world including Queen Elizabeth competition Brussels (1993), Kreisler Vienna (1992), Szigeti Budapest (1992) and Montreal (1991).

Rachel Barton Pine has an extensive discography having released recordings with labels such as Cedille, Warner Classics, and Dorian. Most notably she has recorded the Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlos Kalmar, Beethoven & Clement Violin Concertos with The Royal Philharmonic conducted by José Serebrier (featuring the world premiere recording of Clement’s D Major Violin Concerto) and, her performance of the Glazunov Violin Concerto is featured on the Warner Classics recording of Glazunov Complete Concertos with the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Serebrier.  Her recordings are testament to her innovative spirit;
discs such as Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries and American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell are the work of a musician whose enormous technique is matched by a comparably probing intellect.

Rachel Barton Pine writes her own cadenzas to many of the works she performs. In 2009, Carl Fischer published the Rachel Barton Pine Collection, a compilation of original compositions, arrangements and cadenzas written by Pine – making her the only living artist to join the likes of the great masters Kreisler and Heifetz in Fischer’s Masters Collection series. In addition to this, Rachel Barton Pine has collaborated with many living composer such as Augusta Read Thomas, John Corigliano, Luis Jorge González, and José Serebrier.

Outside the concert hall, Rachel Barton Pine is a dedicated philanthropist and supporter of outreach and educational projects. Her Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation was created to assist young artists through all aspects of their budding careers and also raises funds for Global Heartstrings - supporting musicians in developing countries.

Rachel Barton Pine is based in Chicago where she lives with her husband and daughter. She performs on the Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu (Cremona 1742), known as the “ex-Soldat”, on generous loan from her patron.

May 2013