Rabia Brooke
Her dynamic energy… blew me away.
Moving easily between Bach and music still fresh on the page.
Chicago-born violinist Rabia Brooke is a soloist, chamber musician, and champion of new music, with a particular commitment to women composers. She has commissioned and premiered works by Jennifer Higdon, Clarice Assad, and many others. This season brings the premieres of new pieces written for her by Chen Yi and Elizabeth Younan, and a new piano trio by Stacy Garrop.
Founding Artist-in-Residence, Nova Linea Musica.
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Chen Yi: My Childhood Memories
A new work for solo violin, written for Rabia. Full film premieres March 31, 2027.
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Rabia plays Glass’s Partita for Solo Violin
One work, no accompaniment, on Nova Linea Musica’s Philip Glass at 90 concert at Guarneri Hall on October 28.
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First Light opens the Artists-in-Residence series
Rabia Brooke, Haddon Kay, and Tamila Salimdjanova open Nova Linea Musica’s Artists-in-Residence series.
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Meet the Nova Linea Musica Piano Trio
Rabia Brooke, Ashley Ryoo, and Tamila Salimdjanova, ahead of the world premiere of Stacy Garrop’s Into the Wild.
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