Rabia Brooke (b. 2001) "create[s] that magical moment with the audience and share[s] her precise interpretation, precise, and clear" (Art Link, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024, captivating audiences worldwide. She is equally at home as a solo, chamber, and orchestral player. Ms. Brooke has collaborated with some of today’s most compelling musical voices including commissioning projects with composers Shawn Okpebholo, Jennifer Higdon, Clarice Assad, Chen Yi, Lei Liang, Juhi Bansal, Elizabeth Younan, Stacy Garrop, and Mischa Zupko.
Most recently as a soloist Rabia has performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Orchestra of the North Bohemian Theater under the baton of Maestro Benjamin Loeb in the Czech Republic. Ms. Brooke also appeared as a soloist and quintet member in the great halls of Eastern Europe (Liechtenstein Palace- Bohuslav Martinů Hall, Prague; Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw; Liszt Academy - Solti Hall, Budapest; Penderecki Academy - Aula Florianka, Krakow; Zagreb Academy of Music, Zagreb; and Palata Madlena, Belgrade), Carnegie’s Weil Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, and at the RAVINIA Festival alongside Maestro George Stelluto and Jaimie Bernstein performing the Bernstein Serenade celebrating the Legacy of her father Leonard Bernstein. Rabia’s collaborations as a chamber musician include Rachel Barton Pine, Black Oak Ensemble with pianist Pallavi Mahidhara, Formosa Quartet, principal players from London’s Royal Philharmonic and Royal Orchestras, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, and 5th House Ensemble.
Ms. Brooke has been a laureate of numerous competitions, including the Cooper International, Fischoff National Chamber Competition, and the Musicians Club of Women where she garnered the Farewell Trust Award. In addition, Ms. Brooke has been a frequent performer on Chicago’s WFMT Radio Programs.
Ms. Brooke has appeared at the Kronberg Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Orford Musique Festival, Vivace Festival, Sounding Point Academy Festival, Musique Dans la Gers, Tibor Vara Academy and Masterclasses, and the Curtis Institute of Music of Young Artists Program serving as concertmaster under the baton of Joshua Gersen of the New York Philharmonic. Other projects include collaborations with Daniel Rowland for the filming of Beethoven Documentary and an appearance with Grammy-nominated banjoist Noam Pikelny and bluegrass band, Special Consensus. Rabia was featured on a special episode with renowned violinist Gil Shaham on Violinist.com.
A Chicago native, Ms. Brooke holds a BM from the Juilliard School of Music where she studied with Joseph Lin and Cathy Cho. She plays on the Lady Jeanne violin by Antonio Stradivarius crafted in Cremona, Italy c. 1731.
