Rabia Brooke is known worldwide for her passion and sincere artistry. As a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Brooke has collaborated with some of today’s most compelling musical voices including ...
The five acclaimed musicians will perform their first residency concert held at Guarneri Hall on Wed Jan, 2025
ReadOn December 14, 2025, four virtuosic performers make their debut together at The CheckOut in an exhilarating concert preview. The Nova Linea Musica Piano Trio—Rabia Brooke (violin), Haddon Kay (cello), and Tamila Salimdjanova (piano)—presents Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio Color Through and Lera Auerbach’s Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28, works that showcase the vivid colors and emotional depth of contemporary chamber music. Violinist Rabia Brooke and pianist Tamila Salimdjanova bring lyricism and brilliance to Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, a youthful and spirited piece whose classical elegance stands in striking contrast to the modern harmonic language and intensity of Higdon and Auerbach. The evening concludes with Haddon Kay’s performance of Schumann's Fantasiestücke for Cello and Piano, Op. 73 capturing a Romantic ideal of fre imagination and shifting moods.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness their first performance together—a milestone moment that sets the stage for the trio’s highly anticipated January premiere of Stacy Garrop's Under the shimmering aspens.
Guarneri Hall: World Premiere Stacy Garrop
Threads of Melodic Silence brings together a program of rich and reflective works performed by the NLM Piano Trio: Rabia Brooke (violin), Haddon Kay (cello), and Lam Wong (piano). The evening features the world premiere of Under the shimmering aspens - a Nova Linea Musica commission by Chicago’s own Stacy Garrop, written especially for the ensemble. Also on the program are Colors Through Piano Trio by Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon, and Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28 by Lera Auerbach—a work of vivid emotional contrasts that evokes the spirit of both Bach and Shostakovich.
Guarneri Hall: World Premiere Jennifer Higdon
Nova Linea Musica’s Artist-in-Residence series continues with Beyond the Art of Measures, an evening that celebrates the artistic journey from idea to realization.
Violinist Rabia Brooke and pianist Nathaneal Canfield give the world premiere of Art Measures for Violin and Piano, a Nova Linea Musica commission by Jennifer Higdon, one of America’s most acclaimed composers and a three-time GRAMMY Award and Pulitzer Prize winner. The work traces the evolution of a creative idea—from the first spark of inspiration through the shaping and refinement of form—capturing both the mystery and physicality of the artistic process. Higdon honors the vital role performers play in bringing new music to life, measure by measure. The program also includes a meditative work by Jessie Montgomery's Peace for violin and piano along with the virtuosic Anthèmes 1 by Pierre Boulez.
Sam Rosenthal performs four works for viola and piano: Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel or "mirror in the mirror" which unfolds through endlessly repeated piano fragments, gently echoing the viola’s serene lines; Keoni Bolding’s Paraphrase Act II; and two pieces by GRAMMY AWARD winner Michelle Barzel Ross, including Where Things Weigh Nothing at All and a commission by Nova Linea Musica. Collaborative pianist Tamila Salimdjanova, joins both these artists in this compelling celebration of sound and creation.
Featuring: Rabia Brooke (violin), Sam Rosenthal (viola), Nathaneal Canfield (piano) and Tamila Salimdjanova (piano)
