The acclaimed American violinist Rachel Barton Pine thrills international audiences with her dazzling technique and lustrous tone. With an infectious joy in music-making and a passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine transforms audiences’ experiences of classical music. Pine performs with the world’s foremost orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, and the Chicago, Atlanta, and Vienna Symphony Orchestras.

She has worked with renowned conductors that include Teddy Abrams, Marin Alsop, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Stéphane Denève, Neeme Järvi, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Tito Muñoz, and John Nelson.

As a chamber musician, Pine has performed with Jonathan Gilad, Clive Greensmith, Paul Neubauer, Jory Vinikour, William Warfield, Orion Weiss, and the Pacifica and Parker quartets.

Highlights of Pine’s 2025-26 season include performances of the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, the Glazunov Concerto with the Newport Symphony Orchestra, the Korngold Concerto with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and the Bruch Concerto with Symphony d’Oro Rancho Cordova. At Summermusik, Pine gives the first live performance of Malek Jandali’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, which she recently recorded with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop (Cedille). She will also be in residence at the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition, in Leipzig.

Pine has made over 40 recordings. This season Pine releases French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre, featuring the Pacifica Quartet and pianist Orion Weiss. Pine frequently performs music by contemporary composers, including Billy Childs, Mohammed Fairouz, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Daniel Bernard Roumain, José Serebrier, Augusta Read Thomas, and Harry Stafylakis.

An active philanthropist, Pine has led the RBP Foundation for over two decades with projects including Music by Black Composers founded in 2001. She performs on the “ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat” Joseph Guarnerius “del Gesù” (Cremona 1742), on lifetime loan from her anonymous patron.