Acclaimed collaborations include appearances with Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, William Warfield and Mark O’Connor.

Ms. Pine’s 2004-2005 season began in June with her return to the Marlboro Music Festival, followed by engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit and the Grant Park Orchestra with Carlos Kalmar. In October, Ms. Pine performs on Minnesota Public Radio’s Saint Paul Sunday Morning playing the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’s Rush, written for the artist. Recital appearances include Reno, NV and the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.  Ms. Pine also appears as soloist with the Tucson, New Mexico, Elgin, Puerto Rico, Southwest Michigan, Valdosta, Rockford, and Coeur D’Alene Symphonies and Illinois Philharmonic. In April 2005, Ms. Pine tours with the West Virginia Symphony in performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. She also performs chamber music with Trio Settecento and the Spokane String Quartet.

Ms. Pine’s tenth and latest disc, Solo Baroque, highlights two of Bach's masterpieces for unaccompanied violin, along with key works by Biber, Westhoff and Pisendel. Released in September 2004, it is her sixth album with Cedille Records. Her next release in spring 2005 includes Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. A recording of Brahms and Joachim Concertos in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlos Kalmar was released in June 2003.  Featuring performances of both Joachim’s and Ms. Pine’s own cadenzas, the album was nominated for a 2004 GRAMMY Award as “Best Engineered Album, Classical.”

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. She was the first American and youngest person to ever win this honor.  She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and has twice appeared on the Today show. Ms. Pine was named “Classical Entertainer of the Year” at the annual Chicago Music Awards in 2003 and 2004. In October 2004, she was named Artistic Director of the MUSICORDA Summer Music Festival in Massachusetts.
Rachel Barton Pine plays the Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu (Cremona 1742), known as the “ex-Soldat,” on generous loan from her patron. A Chicago native, she began violin studies at age three and made her professional debut four years later. Ms. Pine currently resides in Chicago with her husband.