All Rachel Barton Pine articles
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Focus5 tips for juggling early parenthood with life as a soloist
Virtuoso violinists share their insight on balancing the demands of early parenthood and a career as a soloist
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Video
Concertos from the Inside: Rachel Barton Pine plays music by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges
In January, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine launched 24 in 24: Concertos from the Inside with RBP, a series in which she is performing 24 different violin concertos live and unaccompanied in 24 weeks. As part of the performance, she also delivers a pre-concert talk, and confides what she ...
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Focus
Rachel Barton Pine and her daughter share two pieces from ‘Music by Black Composers’
In this video, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and her daughter, Sylvia Pine, visit WFMT, an FM radio station in Chicago, to inaugurate a new family-friendly request programme ‘Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice.’ Here they perform two works from forthcoming ‘Music by Black Composers Violin Volume 2’: ‘Such Thanks to Spirits’ ...
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Blogs
Rachel Barton Pine: 10 tips for practice and performance
The Strad attended a masterclass with the American violinist in 2015 and took down these practical pointers
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Review
Blues Dialogues: Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Concentrating on pieces influenced by the blues, this CD is part of a long-running project to research music written by black composers.
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Focus
Bach: Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Alone
Rachel Barton Pine’s new edition of the scores for these staples of the violin repertoire is meticulous, generous and stimulating
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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine in duet with her daughter
In this video from American Public Media’s ‘Performance Today’, Rachel Barton Pine performs with a budding violinist: her 7-year-old daughter, Sylvia
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Rachel Barton Pine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
In this video from NPR Music’s long-running Tiny Desk Concert series, Rachel Barton Pine plays unnacompanied Bach Tempo di Borea (from Partita no.1) Largo (from Sonata no.3) Fuga (from Sonata no.1) Credits: Producers: Tom Huizenga, Niki Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, ...
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Rachel Barton Pine plays Metallica guitar solo on her Guarneri 'del Gesù'
In this video from Classic FM, American violinist Rachel Barton Pine plays the solo from her transcription of ‘One’ by Metallica. A complete performance of the song arrangement can be seen here . Barton Pine is a known heavy metal fan, and was a member of band Earthen Grave ...
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Rachel Barton Pine performs her Happy Birthday Variations
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own virtuoso arrangement of Happy Birthday - ‘Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Birthday Song’ - for the Lake Forest Symphony’s 75th anniversary gala in November 2007.
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Blogs
A novel way to practise double-stops - Rachel Barton Pine
The US violinist advocates emphasising either the top or bottom lines when practising double stopped scales to anticipate more accurately what occurs in the repertoire
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Article
The Strad Masterclass: Rachel Barton Pine on Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Whipping your bow off at the right time will give the music more energy' Rachel Barton Pine speaks about performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto to The Strad, and performs the concerto in the video above with the Turku Philharmonic conducted by Christian Vasquez in February 2015. Pine ...
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Article
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own solo arrangement of Ozzy Osbourne's 'Crazy Train', the first single from the Black Sabbath frontman's debut solo album, released in 1980. Read: 10 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Rachel Barton Pine Watch: violinist Rachel Barton Pine ...
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News
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine to receive Dushkin Award
Established more than 30 years ago, the Music Institute of Chicago award recognises international figures in the world of music
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Article
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own Happy Birthday variations
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own virtuoso arrangement of Happy Birthday - 'Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Birthday Song' - for the Lake Forest Symphony's 75th anniversary gala in November 2007. Read: American Airlines pilot denies Rachel Barton Pine access to cabin with her ...
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News
American Airlines pilot denies Rachel Barton Pine access to cabin with her violin
The musician was travelling with the 1742 Guarneri ‘del Gesú’ ‘Soldat’ violin – on lifetime loan – from Chicago to Albuquerque
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News
Rachel Barton Pine sleeps at airport as ‘no room’ for her violin on plane
The violinist was given the choice of checking her Guarneri 'del Gesú' into the hold or catching a later flight
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Article
Rachel Barton Pine
©Lisa Marie Mazzucco Born in Chicago, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 10. Despite a serious injury on a train in her twenties, which forced her to take a two-year career break, Pine has since performed ...
