Please use as a supplement to Rachel Barton Pine's Program Bio

"One of the rare mainstream performers with a total grasp of Baroque style and embellishment" (Fanfare) and "a most accomplished Baroque violinist, fully the equal of the foremost specialists" (Gramophone), Rachel Barton Pine has been involved in historically informed performances of early music since age 14. As a performer on baroque violin, renaissance violin, viola d'amore, and rebec, she has collaborated with many leading artists including Elizabeth Wright, Marilyn McDonald, and Gesa Kordes, and ensembles including the Newberry Consort, Ars Antigua, Callipygian Players, Temple of Apollo, and the Chicago Baroque Ensemble.

In 1997, Ms. Pine formed Trio Settecento with 'cellist/ viola da gambist John Mark Rozendaal and keyboardist David Schrader. The trio has released three critically acclaimed albums on the Cedille label: Handel Sonatas for Violin and Continuo, An Italian Sojourn, and A German Bouquet. Future recordings for Cedille will explore French and British repertoire. Trio Settecento has performed period-instrument recitals of baroque and classical repertoire throughout the U.S., including their New York debut at the Frick Collection in 2006 and their debut at the Boston Early Music Festival in 2007. The Trio's 2009 appearances include appearances at Columbia University in New York City and the University of Vermont in Burlington.

Solo Baroque, Ms. Pine's album of unaccompanied German music by Biber, Westhoff, Pisendel, and Bach, was released on Cedille Records in 2004. ClassicsToday.com raved, "Pine delivers one of the most appealing baroque violin tones I've ever heard. . . . She shows extraordinary mastery of ornamentation and obviously has worked out the most subtle expressive mannerisms with great care."

September 2009 - PLEASE DESTROY ALL PREVIOUSLY DATED MATERIALS.