Joshua Bell
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St
Newark, NJ 07102
Feb 21, 2020
8:00 PM EST
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An artist beloved by NJPAC audiences, violin virtuoso Joshua Bell returns with his Academy of St Martin in the Fields, soloing on Paganini's technically brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1 and leading Brahms' expressive Fourth Symphony. This rich evening program, which includes another selection to be announced, welcomes Bell back with the Academy, which he has served as Music Director since 2011. During a career spanning more than three decades, Bell has received honors including GRAMMY, Mercury and Gramophone awards and the Avery Fisher Prize. For this performance, he will play the fiendishly challenging First Violin Concerto by Paganini, "the devil's fiddler," who left audiences gasping with his mastery of the instrument in this piece. Also holding great appeal for audiences is the contemplative Symphony No. 4, composed by a mature Brahms as his final symphony, and a triumph from its very first performance.
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Joshua Bell Biography
Joshua Bell is an internationally-acclaimed American violinist known for the versatility of his musical understanding as well as his technical skill. He has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras under such conductors as Charles Dutoit. A master of the classical repertoire, Bell has expanded his career to contemporary music and genres such as folk and jazz. He has won Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for his work with John Corgliano on The Red Violin.
Bell was born on December 9, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. He studied under Josef Gingold as a child and at Indiana University. Since appearing with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fourteen, Bell has become a classical music superstar. In addition to his violin performances, he has begun to pursue a career as a composer and conductor. Bell has written cadenzas for the violin concertos of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart. He plays the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.
His website is www.joshuabell.com.
"I am my harshest critic. I don't feel any pressure from critics. I'm hardest on myself." -- Joshua Bell
Read MoreBell was born on December 9, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. He studied under Josef Gingold as a child and at Indiana University. Since appearing with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fourteen, Bell has become a classical music superstar. In addition to his violin performances, he has begun to pursue a career as a composer and conductor. Bell has written cadenzas for the violin concertos of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart. He plays the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.
His website is www.joshuabell.com.
"I am my harshest critic. I don't feel any pressure from critics. I'm hardest on myself." -- Joshua Bell
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