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Joshua Bell
Violinist

With a career spanning almost four decades, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. Having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, he continues to maintain engagements as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

When COVID-19 shut down the majority of live performances, Mr. Bell joined the movement to bring world-class performances online. On August 16, 2020, PBS presented “Joshua Bell: At Home with Music,” a nationwide broadcast directed by Tony- and Emmy-award winner Dori Berinstein. The program included core classical material as well as new arrangements of beloved works, including a West Side Story medley. The special featured guest artists Larisa Martínez, Jeremy Denk, Peter Dugan, and Kamal Khan.

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Mr. Bell began violin lessons at age four, and at age 12 began studies with his mentor, Josef Gingold. At age 14 he debuted with Riccardo Muti and The Philadelphia Orchestra and at age 17 made his Carnegie Hall debut with the St. Louis Symphony. At age 18 he signed with his first label, London Decca, and received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the years following, he has been named 2010 “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America, a 2007 “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, was nominated for six GRAMMY® awards, and received the 2007 Avery Fisher Prize. He has also received the 2003 Indiana Governor’s Arts Award and a Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1991 from the Jacobs School of Music. In 2000 he was named an “Indiana Living Legend.”

Mr. Bell has performed for three American presidents and the sitting justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. He participated in former President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba, joining Cuban and American musicians on a 2017 Live from Lincoln Center Emmy nominated PBS special, Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, celebrating renewed cultural diplomacy between Cuba and the United States.

Joshua Bell
Violinist

With a career spanning almost four decades, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. Having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, he continues to maintain engagements as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

When COVID-19 shut down the majority of live performances, Mr. Bell joined the movement to bring world-class performances online. On August 16, 2020, PBS presented “Joshua Bell: At Home with Music,” a nationwide broadcast directed by Tony- and Emmy-award winner Dori Berinstein. The program included core classical material as well as new arrangements of beloved works, including a West Side Story medley. The special featured guest artists Larisa Martínez, Jeremy Denk, Peter Dugan, and Kamal Khan.

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Mr. Bell began violin lessons at age four, and at age 12 began studies with his mentor, Josef Gingold. At age 14 he debuted with Riccardo Muti and The Philadelphia Orchestra and at age 17 made his Carnegie Hall debut with the St. Louis Symphony. At age 18 he signed with his first label, London Decca, and received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the years following, he has been named 2010 “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America, a 2007 “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, was nominated for six GRAMMY® awards, and received the 2007 Avery Fisher Prize. He has also received the 2003 Indiana Governor’s Arts Award and a Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1991 from the Jacobs School of Music. In 2000 he was named an “Indiana Living Legend.”

Mr. Bell has performed for three American presidents and the sitting justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. He participated in former President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba, joining Cuban and American musicians on a 2017 Live from Lincoln Center Emmy nominated PBS special, Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, celebrating renewed cultural diplomacy between Cuba and the United States.