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Rachel Barton Pine
12+ albums
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Rachel Barton Pine (born October 11, 1974) is a violinist from Chicago. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of 3 and a half. She played at many renowned venues through her child and teen years. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband Greg (a computer entrepreneur and former minor league baseball pitcher), tours worldwide as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, and has an active recording career. Barton Pine began playing the violin after being inspired by the example of older girls playing at her church. She debuted with the Chicago String Ensemble at age 7, and with the Chicago Symphony under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf at age 10. Her principal teachers were Roland and Almita Vamos. Home schooling allowed her to practice 8 hours a day. At age 14 she was forced by circumstances to contribute significantly to her family's expenses by taking jobs playing at weddings and in orchestras. Explaining how she managed, she says, "I put on a lot of makeup and pretended I was older than I was." She attained notable success in a number of violin competitions, for example in 1992 becoming the youngest (at age 17) and the first American gold medal winner at the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition in Leipzig, Germany. She also earned 2nd prizes in the József Szigeti Violin Competition (1992) and the International Fritz Kreisler Competition (1992), as well as awards from the Montreal International Musical Competition (1991), the
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Viola d'amore Concerto in A Minor, RV 397: I. Vivace
41125 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Arr. A. Spalding)
14933 Compositions, Op. 40: No. 2, Berceuse
1174I. Vivace
1155Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: I. Allegro
1136Introduction, Theme and Variations on “God Defend New Zealand”
997II. Adagio
978La ronde des lutins, Op. 25
9495 Aquarelles: No. 4, Berceuse
8010Suite Espanola No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias (Leyenda) (Arr. R.B. Pine)
76albums
Violin Lullabies
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American Virtuosa - Tribute To Maud Powell
Dvořák; Khachaturian: Violin Concertos
Vivaldi: The Complete Viola d'amore Concertos
Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Instrument of the Devil
Meude-Monpas / Saint-Georges / White / Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concertos by Black Composers
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Elgar, Bruch Violin Concertos
Capricho Latino
Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante
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Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries