Joshua bell violinist biography samples
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Bell, Joshua
Violinist
For the Record
Began Professional Career at Age 14
Performed with Classical Musics Greats
Forged His Own Diverse Schedule
Selected discography
Sources
Typically, child prodigies who debut professionally at the age of 14 either continue to live up to grand expectations and grow into accomplished professionals or fade into obscurity. Joshua Bell is a clear example of the former, having performed with classical music greats like Vladimir Ashkenazy and Yo-Yo Ma, recording 15 acclaimed works, touring the world, and pursuing his own compositions. But perhaps his most impressive trait is his passion for the music he plays. Writing in Interview magazine, Stephen Greco asserted, What Joshua Bell does is play the violin. What Joshua Bell is is a poet. Onstage Bell conjures from his instrument (a Stradavarius [known as the Tom Taylor ]) a sound that does nothing less than tell why human beings bother to live.
Bell received h
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Joshua Bell
With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and continues to maintain engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, ledare and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Bellâs highlights for the season include the release of two new albums: Thomas De Hartmann Rediscovered, which features the World Premiere recording of Ukrainian composer Thomas dem Hartmannâs Violin Concerto, with ledare Dalia Stasevska and the INSO-Lviv Orchestra, released August 16, on Pentatone, as well as an album of Mendelssohn piano trios, which Bell recorded with longtime friends and collaborators Jeremy Denk and Steven Isserlis, out August 30, on Sony Masterworks. Bell will rejoin Denk and Isserlis in November for a series of Fauré chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall. An avid recitalist, Bel
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Meet Joshua Bell
In a world where we seem more and more to be drifting physically from each other and retreating to our screens and online presences, I believe that the value of the Arts and live performance is ever more precious.
Joshua Bell joins us for a concert for a concert with music by Sibelius, Dvořák and Beethoven on Saturday 14 May.
Ahead of his first performance with the Philharmonia in more than 10 years, we asked Joshua about Antonín Dvořáks Violin Concerto and his relationship to Paavo Järvi. And we also learned how he fell in love with his Stadivarius.
It’s been over ten years since you gods played with the Philharmonia, and we’re delighted to have you back. What are you looking forward to tonight?
I have so many wonderful memories from my collaborations with the Philharmonia over the last few decades. inom associate this orchestra with the highest standard of music making anywhere.
Since I was appointed Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the