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Voice Of the Violin

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How I Started Playing the Violin
Joshua Bell on Sir Neville Mariner

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01/23/2020 - Philharmonie de Paris / Paris, France
01/28/2020 - Lincoln Center-co / Fort Collins, CO
02/15/2020 - Van Wezel Performing Arts Center / Sarasota, FL
02/16/2020 - Sala Teatro / Lugano, Switzerland
02/18/2020 - Dreyfoos Concert Hall / West Palm Beach, FL
02/20/2020 - The Music Center / North Bethesda, MD
02/21/2020 - Prudential Hall / Newark, NJ
02/24/2020 - Wharton Center for Performing Arts / East Lansing, MI
02/29/2020 - Mondavi Center / Davis, CA
03/01/2020 - Davies Symphony Hall / San Francisco, CA
04/01/2020 - New York Philharmonic / New York, NY
04/02/2020 - New York Philharmonic / New York, NY
04/04/2020 - New York Philharmonic / New York, NY
1 Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14  
2 Ave Maria  
3 Pourquoi me reveiller from Werther  
4 Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1  
5 Song to the Moon from Rusalka  
6 Laudate Dominum  
7 None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6/6  
8 Una furtiva lagrima from L'Elisir d'Amore  
9 In trutina from Carmina Burana  
10 May Breezes: Songs w/o Words  
11 Beau soir  
12 Estrellita  
13 Nana (Bercuese)  
14 Je crois entendre encore  
15 Morgen! Op. 27, No. 4  
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Grammy winning violinist Joshua Bell has chosen enduring melodies from the world of opera and song, on his latest Sony Classical recording: Voice of the Violin. Following up on his Chart topping Romance of the Violin, here, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, "Voice of the Violin" features Opera's hottest new star, soprano Anna Netrebko.

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  • Joshua Bells strong, nuanced NYPhil - Thanksgiving performance brought rich elements to Beethoven / popmatters
    Posted At: December 13, 2021 12:00 AM
    popmatters - Sachyn Mital writes….An evening with Joshua Bell is always a treat, and given his status as one of the world’s foremost violinists, he is highly sought after. But it felt extraordinary to have him perform alongside the New York Philharmonic for three evenings around Thanksgiving, especially as it has only been a few months since the Philharmonic began hosting indoor shows again. Bell was the so...
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  • Joshua Bell w/Academy start two-nights in Oklahoma / THE OKLAHOMAN
    Posted At: February 26, 2020 12:00 AM

    Under celebrated violinist Joshua Bell's direction, the globally renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will perform in concert tonight and Thursday at The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts on Oklahoma State University's campus in Stillwater. Both OSU performances will be under Bell's direction. Bell was named the music director of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in 2011, the ...
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  • Joshua Bell and Lang Lang help pay tribute to longtime GRAMMY producer in epic sendoff / CBS NEWS
    Posted At: January 27, 2020 12:00 AM

    It was music's biggest night – but this year's Grammy Awards took on a mournful tone as stars and fans paid tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant. The show opened with tributes to Bryant from Lizzo and host Alicia Keys. The Los Angeles Lakers legend died in a helicopter crash earlier Sunday. The Grammys were held in the Staples Center, where the Lakers play their home games. In a tri...
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  • Joshua Bell receives Glashutte Original Music Festival Award / theStrad
    Posted At: May 28, 2019 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell has won the 16th Glashütte Original Music Festival Award, which honours ‘achievements in classical music education and support for young artists', and comes with a €25,000 grant. The American violinist, who was presented with the award after his concert with the Camerata Salzburg at the Dresden Music Festival yesterday, will be donating it to five organizations: Education Thro...
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  • IU's Jacobs School to sell 5 violins incl; early Joshua Bell 'Guadagnini' loaner / Violinist.com
    Posted At: May 8, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is selling five fine violins, including the 1750 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin that was loaned to Joshua Bell early in his career. "I officially started my career in 1982 at the age of 14, while continuing my studies at Indiana University under the great Josef Gingold," Bell said. "I was unable to afford a great violin at that time, but thankfully India...
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  • L.A. Weekly's 'goLA picks' Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk & Steven Isserlis at the CSUN: Soraya
    Posted At: May 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell is a flashy and stylish violinist who often appears as a star soloist with numerous orchestras, but in this May 8 concert at the CSUN: Soraya he breaks things down in a more intimate format, accompanied only by such classical-music luminaries as New York pianist Jeremy Denk and London cellist Steven Isserlis. Denk anchors this program of traditional piano trios by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich an...
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  • Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not Montrealers / CBC
    Posted At: April 21, 2019 12:00 AM

    CBC/QWF writer-in-residence Emira Tufo meets the yellow-eyed wolf who serenades Metro commuters. The masked violinist who plays in the Montreal Metro was inspired by the French-Belgian-German film, Le joueur de violon - the story of a concert musician who abandons the spotlight to play for passersby in the Paris Metro. The old proverb says; the Wolf is always bad, regardless of the colour of his pelt...
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  • Joshua Bell w/Houston Symphony, navigate Beethoven's technical mastery and various moods / Houston Chronicle
    Posted At: March 18, 2019 12:00 AM

    Historically, happy Beethoven has not amounted to popular Beethoven. Joshua Bell and the Houston Symphony hardly let that stop them this weekend. To say the least, the world's most famous composer is not remembered for his sunny disposition. But in 1806, he had ample reason to smile: That summer he completed a new symphony that his patron, one Prince Lichnowsky, had commissioned well in advance; and his ...
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  • Joshua Bell discusses Max Bruch with NetNebraska
    Posted At: March 14, 2019 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell's recent Sony Classical release showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. Now, as Music Director o...
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  • Joshua Bell and Sam Haywood, set for UA-Centennial Hall recital / Tucson.com
    Posted At: February 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    After years of guesting with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles that made it our way, Joshua Bell in 2011 played his first ever Tucson solo concert. Eight years and yet another TSO appearance - back in 2013 - later, Bell is bringing his latest solo recital to Centennial Hall with UA Presents on Friday, Feb. 15. Bell doesn't do a whole lot of recitals. In fact, we are the finale of a 10...
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  • Win 2 tickets to see Joshua Bell at Roy Thomson Hall / Ludwig Van TOTONTO
    Posted At: February 1, 2019 12:00 AM

    Courtesy of Roy Thomson Hall, Ludwig Van is giving away two sets of tickets to see Joshua Bell on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Click here for details. With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, conductor, and arts education champion, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. A Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 ...
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  • Joshua Bell advances Long Center date with 89.5KMFA - Austin
    Posted At: October 4, 2018 12:00 AM

    The new Sony Classical - Scottish Fantasy release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. In addition to Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy is the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which Bell first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Mar...
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  • Joshua Bell will honor Charles Hamlen for Classical Action fundraiser / Playbill
    Posted At: September 5, 2018 12:00 AM

    Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell will pay tribute to IMG Artists co founder - Charles Hamlen, the late classical music manager who helped propel his career, in an intimate concert October 1. The performance will take place in the Tribeca loft of Simon Yates and Kevin Roon, with proceeds going to Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS. Hamlen, who died from leukemia August 1 at the age o...
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  • Joshua Bell - Bruch: Scottish Fantasy on KDFC - State Of the Arts
    Posted At: August 28, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. ...
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  • Joshua Bell speaks with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: August 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. ...
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  • Joshua Bell on what it's like to play and conduct at the same time / WETA
    Posted At: August 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell debuts his newest Sony Classical release featuring the first violin concerto by Max Bruch, and his Scottish Fantasy. The Scottish Fantasy is paired with a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. Now, as Music Director of th...
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  • What are the best pieces by Saint-Saens? / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: August 12, 2018 12:00 AM

    Today's BreakfastPromelette features a playlist of highlights by the French composer What are the best pieces by Saint-Saëns? Saint-Saëns In tonight's Prom, Joshua Bell is taking to the stage in Saint-Saëns's Violin Concerto No. 3. We've taken the opportunity to look back on some of our favourite works by the French composer. What's on at the Proms tonig...
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  • All Classical Portland chats with Joshua Bell about his lifelong love of the Oregon Symphony
    Posted At: August 3, 2018 12:00 AM

    Back in 2011, American violinist Joshua Bell became the first music director of London's Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, since its founding by Neville Marriner.  Bell and the orchestra already had a longstanding relationship:  Around the time of the violinist's 19th birthday, he recorded Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Academy.  Now...
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  • Joshua Bell to perform world premiere film with live orchestra performance of 'The Red Violin' at Festival Napa Valley / The Violin Channel
    Posted At: July 26, 2018 12:00 AM

    It has been announced this week that superstar violinist Joshua Bell is set to perform the world premiere film with live orchestra performance of The Red Violin score – at this year's Festival Napa Valley in Napa Valley, California. In an immersive film with live music experience, Joshua Bell will perform John Corigliano‘s complete Oscar-winning 1998 score live with conductor Michael Stern an...
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  • Joshua Bell will open 2019 Minnesota Beethoven Festival / La Crosse Tribune
    Posted At: July 25, 2018 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell will be back. The Minnesota Beethoven Festival favorite will return to Winona next summer - and bring his violin - to open the 2019 season, which runs from June 30 to July 21. The 2018 season concluded Sunday with a concert from the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra and internationally renowned conductor Osmo Vänskä. "We are thrilled to welcome our friend Joshua Bell and the terr...
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  • Joshua Bell - Alessio Bax, in an exquisite performance at the Newport Music Festival gala / The Providence Journal
    Posted At: July 17, 2018 12:00 AM

    Chamber music galas are usually a chance to dress fancy, eat fancy food, and visit fancy places. The music is usually an afterthought. But you don't engage Joshua Bell as an afterthought. The esteemed violinist, with his equally estimable piano accompanist Alessio Bax, performed Sunday evening at Ochre Court for the annual gala of the Newport Music Festival. There was plenty of fancy throughout the eveni...
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  • Joshua Bell goes one on one with 91.3WGTE for new Bruch recording
    Posted At: July 13, 2018 12:00 AM

    Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch on his new Sony Classical release. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner. ...
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  • Joshua Bell speaks with 95.5KHFM: Albuquerque about Bruch - Scottish Fantasy recording
    Posted At: July 12, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Nev...
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  • Joshua Bell: Don't impose bowings and fingerings on your students / theStrad
    Posted At: July 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    "There is no ‘one size fits all', argues the American violinist. It is important to discuss why students chose their fingerings and why there may be better alternatives." - Joshua Bell Bowings and particularly fingerings – which strings you use, where you place your glissandos and so on – are very individual, because they are tied into the philosophy of your interpretation and ...
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  • Joshua Bell, ASMF - Bruch: Scottish Fantasy is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: July 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    Max Bruch's two violin masterpieces have inspired the new album from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell. Bell performs and directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in his first-ever recording of the Scottish Fantasy and offers a fresh take on Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 – the first concerto Bell recorded thirty years ago with the Academy conducted then by Sir Nevi...
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  • Radio Purdue - Featured New Release: BOLD Bruch from Bell
    Posted At: June 23, 2018 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell is a classical superstar. With more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and conductor, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums winning Grammy, Mercury, and Gramophone awards! Josh is currently the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, only the 2nd person to hold this post since 1958, and he is a Senior Lecturer for violin and chamber music at Indi...
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  • Joshua Bell remembers his long association with the Pittsburgh Symphony / WQED
    Posted At: June 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. The album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well as a new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Nev...
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  • New Classical Tracks features - Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields: Scottish Fantasy
    Posted At: June 20, 2018 12:00 AM

    "Some people like to say about Bruch, in general, because it's popular they think, 'Oh, well, it's probably not as deep a piece as the Brahms or the Beethoven,' and that's hogwash. It's incredibly deep and meaningful music." That's why violinist Joshua Bell decided to record Max Bruch's Violin Concerto a second time with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. He'...
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  • 90.9WRCJ Detroit creates 2 parter for new recording of Joshua Bell, ASMF - Bruch 'Scottish Fantasy'
    Posted At: June 19, 2018 12:00 AM

    Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. Available this Friday, June 22, the Sony Classical album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well asa new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor,which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marr...
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  • Joshua Bell speaks with Classical Radio part2, promoting: Bruch - Scottish Fantasy w/ASMF
    Posted At: June 14, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. Available June 22, the album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well asa new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor,which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Nevill...
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  • Joshua Bell caps 2017/18 MPO season with Bruch and Bruckner / The Sun Daily
    Posted At: June 8, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) caps its 2017/18 season of concerts with the return of renowned violinist Joshua Bell, who has performed with the MPO at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) in two sold-out concerts in 2004 and 2007. Bell's career spans more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artiste and conductor. He has recorded more than 40 albums which have won Grammy, Merc...
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  • Joshua Bell, set to release: Bruch - Scottish Fantasy w/ASMF, speaks with Classical Radio
    Posted At: June 4, 2018 12:00 AM

    A new Sony Classical release from Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell showcases two masterpieces from romantic composer Max Bruch. Available June 22, the album features Bell's first recording of the virtuosic Scottish Fantasy as well asa new recording of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor,which he first recorded over thirty years ago with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir N...
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  • Finding Huberman. Violins Of Hope presents Joshua Bell / Nashville Public Radio
    Posted At: May 8, 2018 12:00 AM

    Joshua Bell describes finding his instrument, a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin, as a "kind of love story that only happens once or twice in one's life." It's a love story that involves more than a little bit of luck, too. Bell was in London to play the 2001 BBC Proms when he stopped by a violin shop for some strings before his performance that night. The shop owners encouraged him to play the famo...
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  • Joshua Bell set for 2017-18 Fox Valley Symphony finale / Appleton Post Crescent
    Posted At: April 29, 2018 12:00 AM

    There will be a lot of history on the minds of those on the stage and likely many in the hall when the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra closes out its 2017-18 season with its Grand Finale Wednesday night. A major spotlight for the 7:30 p.m. concert at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will be one of the most accomplished violinists of his time, who oddly enough has history with the Fox Valley Symphony t...
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  • A joy to watch Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Usher Hall / THE SCOTSMAN
    Posted At: January 23, 2018 12:00 AM

    A packed, expectant house greeted starry US violinist Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for their Sunday afternoon stop-off at the Usher Hall, and in response, they put on a beautifully crafted, energetic show. Bell has achieved something quite special since becoming the ensemble's music director in 2011. Still there were its renowned polish and finesse, its assured, aristocratic smo...
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  • Joshua Bell with the Academy at Usher Hall. Four Seasons was one of the finest renditions / EdinburghGuide.com
    Posted At: January 22, 2018 12:00 AM

    The chamber orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields (named after the church in London's Trafalgar Square) was founded in 1959 by Neville Marriner who remained its music director for decades until Joshua Bell took over the post in 2011. Bell also continued the tradition set by Marriner of conducting from the leader's seat. The Usher Hall concert began with ‘The Four Seasons' – V...
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