Rachel Barton Pine
As a violinist with a wide range of musical interests, Rachel Barton Pine has her hands in several projects at any given time, and her skillful, communicative musicianship also gives her a broader audience appeal than many strictly classical-oriented musicians. Pine has a growing recording catalog, most notably on the Cedille Records label. Her repertoire spans music from the Baroque through the present day, including several on commission, and she has also ventured into the realm of rock & roll.
Born on October 11, 1974, in Chicago, Rachel Barton (Pine was added following her 2004 marriage) began playing the violin at age three and, at ahe seven, gave her first public concert. She made her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age ten. She had an impressive roster of teachers, including Roland and Almita Vamos, Ruben Gonzalez, Elmira Darvarova, and Werner Scholz. In the early '90s, she won a few international prizes, and every performance and her first recording -- Homage to Sarasate (1994) -- pointed to a promising career. However, it was temporarily stalled in 1995 when Pine was in a train accident that resulted in the loss of one leg and severe injury to the other. Following her recovery and rehabilitation, she quickly resumed an active concert schedule, regularly appearing with major American orchestras and with many of the leading conductors: Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, and Neeme Järvi, among others. Her first recording following her accident was Franz Liszt: Works for Violin and Piano, featuring pianist Thomas Labé, and issued on the Dorian label.
Since then, Pine has made many recordings, mainly on the Cedille Records and Avie labels, and often makes recital tours to support her albums. Her solo violin albums include Capricho Latino, Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, and Bel Canto Paganini. She also commissioned new solo dance suites from Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Billy Childs, and Daniel Bernard Roumain, which she premiered in the 2016-17 season. Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th & 19th Centuries, Scottish Fantasies, and concertos by Glazunov and Montsalvatge are among her recordings. She partnered with pianist Matthew Hagle for an album of music by American violinist Maud Powell and for Violin Lullabies, both of which are complemented by her editions of the scores, published by Carl Fischer, which has also issued Pine's own compositions and concerto cadenzas.
Pine also performs and records with John Mark Rozendaal and David Schrader as Trio Settecento. That interest in Baroque and earlier music also leads Pine sometimes to play the viola d'amore or rebec. In these ventures, Pine has often collaborated with her daughter, Sylvia Pine, who is also a violinist. At the other end of the spectrum, Pine has been a fan of rock and heavy metal since she was a teenager. She has collaborated with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante on projects, has been interviewed by rock radio stations, and created an orchestral program called "Shredding with the Symphony," that mixes music by the likes of Van Halen, AC/DC, and Black Sabbath, with Bruch, Vivaldi, and Sibelius, among others. In 2023, Pine was heard on a recording of Malek Jandali's Concertos, performing the composer's Violin Concerto, and she issued the album Dependent Arising, which featured Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77, and Earl Maneein's concerto for violin and orchestra that provided the album's title. The latter marked Pine's 24th release on Cedille Records.
In addition, Pine also launched the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation in 2001 to assist young musicians through various programs and partnerships, which she was still operating as of the mid-2020s. She performs on a Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu (Cremona 1742) instrument, known as the "ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat," on lifetime loan from her patron. She also uses a 1770 Nicolò Gagliano I violin for some Baroque and Classical period works.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Dependent Arising
Rachel Barton Pine, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Tito Muñoz
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Aug 11, 2023
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Malek Jandali: Concertos (1)
Rachel Barton Pine, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Anthony McGill
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on May 12, 2023
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Dvořák; Khachaturian: Violin Concertos
Rachel Barton Pine, Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Teddy Abrams
Concertos - Released by AVIE Records on Nov 1, 2019
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American Virtuosa - Tribute To Maud Powell
Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Chamber Music - Released by Cedille on Jan 1, 2007
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Vivaldi: The Complete Viola d'amore Concertos
Classical - Released by Cedille on Aug 28, 2015
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Instrument du diable
Rachel Barton Pine, John Mark Rozendaal, John Bruce Yeh, David Schrader
Classical - Released by Cedille on Dec 2, 1998
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Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Chamber Music - Released by Cedille on Oct 12, 2018
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Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
Rachel Barton Pine, Jory Vinikour
Chamber Music - Released by Cedille on May 11, 2018
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Violin Lullabies
Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Chamber Music - Released by Cedille on Nov 16, 2018
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Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries
Rachel Barton Pine, Encore Chamber Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Daniel Hege, Jonathon Heyward
Classical - Released by Cedille on Sep 9, 2022
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Elgar, Bruch Violin Concertos
Concertos - Released by Avie Records on Jan 5, 2018
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Mendelssohn & Schumann: Violin Concertos
Rachel Barton Pine, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Christoph-Mathias Mueller
Classical - Released by Cedille on Sep 24, 2013
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Concertos pour violon (Franz Clement - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Sep 9, 2008
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Solo Baroque (Rachel Barton Pine, violon baroque)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Sep 28, 2004
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Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachel Barton Pine, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jonathon Heyward
Classical - Released by Cedille on Sep 9, 2022
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Concertos pour violon (Joseph Joachim - Johannes Brahms)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on May 27, 2003
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Fantaisies écossaises pour violon & orchestre (Rachel Barton Pine, violon)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Aug 16, 2005
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Violin Concertos by Black Composers (Rachel Barton, violon)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Nov 1, 1999
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Capricho Latino (Rachel Barton Pine, violon)
Classical - Released by Cedille Records on Jun 2, 2011
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Ferdinand the Bull (Alan Ridout)
Classical - Released by Cedille on Sep 6, 2011
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2016 Midwest Clinic: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (Live)
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Rachel Barton Pine, Allen Tinkham, Michael Mascari, Dana Green
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Mar 13, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo