A passionate and dedicated musician, American violinist Rachel Barton Pine is an inspiration to audiences everywhere. She has received worldwide acclaim for her profound and thoughtful interpretations delivered with tremendous enthusiasm and intensity, which she applies to extremely diverse repertoire.

Ms. Pine has appeared as soloist with many of the world's most prestigious ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Dallas, Baltimore, San Diego, Montreal, Vienna, New Zealand, Iceland, and Budapest Symphonies, and the Israel and Scottish Chamber Orchestras. She has worked closely with such renowned conductors as Marin Alsop, Placido Domingo, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Jarvi, and Semyon Bychkov. Ms. Pine participated in the January 2000 Mozartwoche in Salzburg at the invitation of Franz Welser-Most and made her Salzburg Festival debut in the summer of 2001. Her US festival appearances include engagements at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Grant Park Music Festivals. Notable collaborations include pairings with Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Mark O??Connor, Christopher O'Riley, and William Warfield, and her own period instrument ensemble Trio Settecento. As a recitalist, Ms. Pine's appearances have included live broadcast performances of the complete Paganini Caprices and of all six Bach Sonatas and Partitas. In January 2005, Chicago's WFMT broadcast three live performances comprising Beethoven's complete works for violin and piano, including all ten sonatas and the world premiere of the fragment in A. On Minnesota Public Radio's Saint Paul Sunday, Ms. Pine performed the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas' Rush, written for the artist. Other broadcast appearances include NPR's Performance Today and From the Top, CBS's Sunday Morning, and NBC's Today.

Ms. Pine holds prizes from several of the world's leading competitions, including a gold medal at the 1992 J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig, Germany, making her the first American and youngest performer to win this honor. Other top awards came from the Queen Elisabeth (Brussels, 1993), Kreisler (Vienna, 1992), Szigeti (Budapest, 1992), and Montreal (1991) international violin competitions, as well as many national and regional competitions. She won the prize for interpretation of the Paganini Caprices at both the 1993 Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa and the Szigeti Competition.

In June 1996, Ms. Pine was one of the torchbearers in the Olympic torch relay and appeared later that summer as soloist for the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games at Centennial Olympic Stadium. She performed her own virtuoso solo arrangement of the national anthem at Chicago Bulls playoff games in 1995 and 1996, and at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Also in 1996, Chicago magazine selected Ms. Pine as a "Chicagoan of the Year" and Today's Chicago Woman magazine selected her as a "Woman of the Year." She has been named "Classical Entertainer of the Year" at the annual Chicago Music Awards four times since 2003.

Ms. Pine is President of the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation and serves on the board of trustees of many charities including the Music Institute of Chicago. Since 1997, she has served as instructor for Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp. Ms. Pine often coaches chamber music, leads sectionals for youth orchestras, and gives master classes. Along with touring activities, she enjoys giving special programs and demonstrations for children and often incorporates spoken program notes or pre-concert conversations into her appearances. Her efforts to reach younger audiences have included frequent interviews and performances on rock music radio stations. Charitable performances include an annual appearance on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. She recently received the prestigious Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award for her work in music education.

Ms. Pine also has two CDs on the Dorian label featuring, respectively, violin and piano music of Sarasate and Liszt, and a disc on Cacophony Records titled Storming the Citadel.

For more about Rachel Barton Pine, including her tour dates, blog, podcast, and YouTube videos, please visit her website at rachelbartonpine.com.