RACHEL BARTON PINE…

has appeared as soloist with the Chicago, St. Louis, Montreal, Vienna, and Budapest symphonies, with conductors Semyon Bychkov, Neeme Jarvi, Erich Leinsdorf, and Zubin Mehta. She was the gold medal winner at the 1992 Quadrennial J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig, the first American and youngest ever to do so. Other top awards came from the Queen Elisabeth, Paganini, Kreisler, Szigeti, and Montreal international violin competitions. She also won the prize for interpretation of the Paganini Caprices at both the Paganini and Szigeti competitions. In June 1996 Ms. Pine was a torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay, and later performed at the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games at Centennial Olympic Stadium.