Rabia Brooke

“...created that magical moment with the audience and shared her very personal interpretation, precise, and clear.”

– Art Link, Zagreb, Croatia DEC, 2024

Rabia Brooke is known worldwide for her passion an artistry. As a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Brooke has collaborated with some of today’s most compelling musical voices including ...

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As a soloist and chamber musician, Rabia is collaborating with some of today’s most compelling musical voices including new commissioning projects with Shawn Okpebholo, Jennifer Higdon, Clarice Assad, Chen Yi, and Lei Liang.

Upcoming Schedule

March 11, 2026
6:30 pm

NLM Beyond the Art of Measures

Chicago, IL

Guarneri Hall

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 gives 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 Shelly Washington's Peace for violin and piano along with the virtuosic Anthèmes 1 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 Lam Wong, joins both these artists in this compelling celebration of sound and creation.

Featuring: Rabia Brooke (violin), Sam Rosenthal (viola), and Lam Wong (piano)

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