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Other people|Joshua BellInfobox musical artist| name = Joshua Bell| image = Joshua Bell.JPG| caption = Joshua Bell, after a performance with the San Francisco Symphony in California | image_size = 250| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_date = birth date and age|1967|12|9|mf=y| origin = Bloomington, Indiana , United States| instrument = Violin | genre = Classical music | occupation = Violin ist| years_active = 1980spresent| website = http://www.joshuabell.com/| notable_instruments = Gibson Stradivarius Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American Grammy Award -winning violin ist.
Childhood
Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana , United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist.cite web | title=The Jewish Journal | work=Violinist Joshua Bell walks in the footsteps of masters | url= http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php? id=16606 | accessdate=October 13, 2006 Bell's father is the late Alan P. Bell, Professor Emeritus of Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University , in Bloomington, a former Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction|Kinsey researcher . http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/995.html Joshua Bell to return home for benefit performance. Indiana University Media Relations. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
Bell began taking violin lessons at the age of four after his mother discovered her son had taken rubber bands from around the house and stretched them across the handles of his dresser drawer to pluck out music he had heard her play on the piano. His parents got a scaled-to-size violin for their then five-year-old son and started giving him lessons. A bright student, Bell took to the instrument but lived an otherwise normal midwest Indiana life playing video games and excelling at sports, namely tennis and bowling, even placing in a national tennis tournament at the age of ten.The Univee, yearbook, 1978-9
Bell studied as a boy first under Donna Bricht, widow of Indiana University music faculty member Walter Bricht ."Music: The Teacher, The Lesson". Bloomington Herald-Times, Jan. 15, 1989. His second teacher was Mimi Zweig, and then he switched to the violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold after Bell's parents assured Gingold that they were not interested in pushing their son in the study of the violin but simply wanted him to have the best teacher for his abilities. Satisfied that the boy was living a normal life, Gingold took Bell on as his student. By age 12, Bell was serious about the instrument, thanks in large part to Gingold's inspiration.
At the age of 14, Bell appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti . He studied the violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music , while managing to graduate from Bloomington High School North in 1984,BHSN Yearbook, 1984. In 1989, Bell received an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from Indiana University. His alma mater also honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Service Award only two years after his graduation. He has been named an "Indiana Living Legend" and received the Indiana Governor's Arts Award.
Career
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Bell's instrument is a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin called the Gibson Stradivarius|Gibson ex Huberman , which was made in 1713 during what is known as Antonio Stradivari 's "Golden Era." This violin had been stolen twice from the previous owner, Bronislaw Huberman ; the last time the thief confessed to the act on his deathbed. Bell had held and played the violin, and its owner at the time jokingly told Bell the violin could be his for four million dollars. Shortly thereafter, by chance, Bell came across the violin again and discovered it was about to be sold to a Germans|German industrialist to become part of a collection. According to the Joshua Bell website, Bell "was practically in tears." http://joshuabell.com Bell then reportedly sold his current Stradivarius , the Tom Tyler Stradivarius|Tom Tyler , for a little more than two million dollars and made the purchase of the Gibson ex Huberman for a little under the four million dollar asking price. As with his previous Stradivarius violin, Bell entrusts the upkeep of the Gibson ex Huberman to expert luthier Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt . His first recording made with the Gibson ex Huberman was Romance of the Violin (under Sony Classical Records|Sony Classical ) in 2003. It sold more than 5 million copies and remained at the top of classical music charts for 54 weeks.Citation needed|date=June 2010 Joshua Bell's most recent CD is called At Home With Friends and was released September 29, 2009. It features Bell playing with artists of varied musical backgrounds, such as Chris Botti, Kristin Chenoweth, Regina Spektor, and Sting.
Bell is an artistic partner for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (starting in the 20042005 season) and a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also serves on the artists selection committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1930950.stm E-strings for the future musician. BBC News, 2002-07-18. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
Bell was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize on April 10, 2007, at Lincoln Center in New York City. The prize is given once every few years to classical instrumentalists for outstanding achievement. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/joshuabell.fisher/index.html Violinist Bell wins $75,000 Fisher Prize. CNN News, 2007-04-08. Retrieved April 8, 2007. On May 3, 2007, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announced that Bell had joined the faculty as a senior lecturer. http://www.music.indiana.edu/publicity/IUMusic/2007-12/images/PDFs/Ann& NewFaculty.pdf The Jacobs School Welcomes Joshua Bell to its Faculty
Bell collaborated with film composer Hans Zimmer by providing violin solos for the Angels and Demons (film)#Music|soundtrack for the 2009 film, Angels and Demons (film)|Angels and Demons , based on Dan Brown 's 2000 Angels and Demons|novel of the same name .
On May 26, 2011, Joshua Bell was named Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields . http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/joshua-bell-is-the-new-music-director-of-the-academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields Joshua Bell is the new music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields | gramophone.co.uk. Gramophone Magazine News, 2011-05-27. Retrieved May 29, 2011. http://www.stringsmagazine.com/News/News/Joshua-Bell-Named-Music-Director-of-Academy-of-St.-Martin-in-the-Fields Joshua Bell Named Music Director of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / News / News / All Things Strings Strings Magazine Williams, Rory. "Joshua Bell Named Music Director of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields" 2011-05-27.
Washington Post experiment
In an experiment initiated by Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten , Bell donned a baseball cap and played as an incognito street Busking|busker at the Metro subway station L'Enfant Plaza (Washington Metro)|L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2007. The experiment was videotaped on hidden camera; among 1,097 people who passed by, only seven stopped to listen to him, and only one recognized him. For his nearly 45-minute performance, Bell collected $32.17 from 27 passersby (excluding $20 from the passerby who recognized him).Gene Weingarten, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html Pearls Before Breakfast The Washington Post, April 8, 2007 Page W10. WebCite|url= http://www.webcitation.org/5qLpRL0h2|date =2010-06-09 The night prior, he earned considerably more playing the same repertoire at a concert. Weingarten won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his article on the experiment.cite web |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040701359_2.html? sid=ST2008040701372 |title=The Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes |author= Howard Kurtz |accessdate=2009-02-24 |publisher=The Washington Post |date=2008-04-08 |page=A01 http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bell.asp Barbara and David P. Mikkelson. "Bell Curved" Snopes ; January 6, 2009
Personal life
Bell resides in Gramercy, Manhattan|Gramercy Park , Manhattan .
Selected discography
Year
Album
Billboard Classical
Billboard 200
1988
Bruch Felix Mendelssohn
1989
Faur้ Debussy C้sar Franck
1990
Presenting Joshua Bell , Polygram Records
1991
Chausson Concerto, Ravel Piano Trio , London Records
1992
Chausson : Poeme, London Records
1995
Prokofiev : Violin Concertos & Sonatas , London Records
1995
Brahms / Robert Schumann>Schumann Violin Concertos , London Records
1996
Kreisler Album , London Records
1997
Barber / William Walton
1997
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 , London Records
1999
Nicholas Maw Violin Concertos , Sony Classical
1999
Gershwin Fantasy , Sony Classical
2000
Jean Sibelius & Karl Goldmark : Violin Concertos , Sony Classical
2000
Mike Marshall , Sony Classical
7
2001
West Side Story Suite , Sony Classical
3
2002
Ludwig van Beethoven & Felix Mendelssohn : Violin Concertos , Sony Classical
18
2004
Romance of the Violin , Sony Classical
2
176
2005
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Violin Concerto, Op. 35; Melodie; Danse Russe from Swan Lake (Act III) , Sony Classical
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