Music is water for the soul.

Rahmaan Phillip is a Grammy-recognized violist, violinist and composer who overcame the impossible to tour with Lady Gaga and play the NFL’s Sunday Night stage.

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  • The Grammy Awards
  • World Economic Forum, Davos
  • Carnegie Hall
  • NFL
Rahmaan Phillip seated at the winged-horse fountain in Las Vegas, violin upright, looking to camera.

Who he is

A kid who was never supposed to be in the room.

“In college and in my professional career, I was always a loner. I often had nobody to relate to in my field, and no colleagues to seek advice from. Being so different than all the other ‘classically trained string players’ I would encounter, there was always a distance between me and everyone else. I never quite fit in.”

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Work with me.

Live performance

Available for corporate & private events, galas, residencies. I play solo, duo or in a full section.

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Session & touring

Rahmaan has toured over 20 countries both as a soloist and with superstar artists, including the 2022 Grammys and Lady Gaga's Jazz & Piano Las Vegas residency. He has shared stages with Jennifer Hudson, Imagine Dragons, Chaka Khan, Gwen Stefani, Demi Lovato, and Parliament Funkadelic.

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Toured & performed with

Las Vegas residencies

Bellagio BELLAGIO The Venetian THE VENETIAN The Palazzo THE PALAZZO Paris Las Vegas PARIS LAS VEGAS Planet Hollywood PLANET HOLLYWOOD MGM Grand MGM GRAND Mandalay Bay MANDALAY BAY New York-New York NEW YORK · NEW YORK The Cromwell THE CROMWELL

Las Vegas residencies: Bellagio, The Venetian, The Palazzo, Paris Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, New York-New York, and The Cromwell.

Rahmaan Phillip in concert black backstage with the orchestra during the Las Vegas residency run.

Sync & scoring

Original music for film, TV, and advertising.

I compose to picture and perform every string part myself — catalogue licensing, fully bespoke scores, stems on request.

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Rahmaan Phillip performing on stage under dramatic lighting, his shadow thrown on the wall behind him.

Lessons

Private instruction online — worldwide.

Rahmaan teaches a limited roster online — serious students in the US, Europe, and China study one-to-one over Zoom with a violinist who tours with Lady Gaga and Imagine Dragons. In-person study in Da Nang on request. $150/hour, by application.

$150 / hourLimited rosterBy application only

Vietnamese residents — ask about local rates.

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A Baroque Brotha's Winter album cover — red frame, black-and-white Las Vegas desert street with a figure walking past the Fergusons motel sign.

RP · 001 — the record

A Baroque Brotha's Winter

String Quartet no. I · 11 tracks · 2023

He wrote it and cut it in Las Vegas with his quartet — eleven tracks, from the Latin suite to the standards, that sound like winter feels.

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Phillip Violins — Rahmaan's workshop and youth programme in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Phillip Violins · Da Nang, Vietnam · Est. 2024

Central Vietnam's first and only full-service violin shop.

A violin shop, repair workshop and teaching studio under one roof in Sơn Trà — buy an instrument, have one properly repaired, or learn to play.

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