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Joshua Bell

Joshua Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning virtuoso violinist. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He has since performed with almost all of the world's major orchestras and conductors.

As well as the standard concerto repertoire, Bell has performed new works?Nicholas Maw's violin concerto is dedicated to him, the recording of which won Bell a Grammy, and gave the world premiere of the work in 1993. He performed the solo part on John Corigliano's Oscar-winning soundtrack for the film The Red Violin and was also featured in Ladies in Lavender. Bell also made an appearance in the movie Music of the Heart, a story about the power of music, with other notable violinists.

Stradivarius violin

Joshua Bell's violin is a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin called the "Gibson ex Huberman," which was made in 1713 during what is known as Antonio Stradivari's "Golden Era." He made the purchase of the "Gibson ex Huberman" for a little under the four million dollar asking price.

His first recording made with the Gibson ex Huberman was Romance of the Violin (under Sony Classical) in 2003. It sold more than 5,000,000 copies and remained at the top of classical music charts for 54 weeks. Joshua Bell's most recent CD is called Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and was released near the end of summer in 2008. It features The Four Seasons, four concerti written by the baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi.

Selected discography

  • Angels & Demons Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2009
    Joshua Bell, featured violinist Music composed by Hans Zimmer
  • Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Sony BMG Masterworks, 2008
  • The Red Violin Concerto, Sony BMG Masterworks, 2007
  • The Essential Joshua Bell, Sony BMG Masterworks, 2007
  • Voice of The Violin, Sony Classical, 2006
  • George Gershwin Fantasy / West Side Story / The Red Violin, Sony Classical, 2006
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35; Melodie; Danse Russe from Swan Lake (Act III), Sony Classical, 2005
  • Romance of The Violin, Sony Classical, 2003
  • Ludwig van Beethoven & Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos, Sony Classical, 2002
  • Leonard Bernstein: Westside Story Suite, Sony Classical, 2001
  • Jean Sibelius & Karl Goldmark: Violin Concertos, Sony Classical, 2000
  • Gershwin Fantasy, Sony Classical, 1998

    • For more information, please visit Mr. Bell's official website. Source for this page: Wikipedia.

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