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Fire and ice: the best recordings of the Sibelius violin concerto
Originally published in 2007 for the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, this critical appraisal by Richard S. Ginell looks for the recordings that do justice to one of the best-loved works in the repertoire
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Joshua Bell extends his Academy of St Martin in the Fields contract
Violinist, who took on artistic directorship in 2011, will now stay in role until at least 2020
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My most memorable musical experience – Joshua Bell
A wayward shoulder rest nearly ruins the violinist’s first appearance with a world-class orchestra, aged just 14
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Joshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in 2016
Joshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jirí BÄ›lohlávek in 2016. Read: Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time Watch: Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto no. 3 Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts ...
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BBC Proms 2017 season revealed - including a feast of violin concertos
The 123rd Proms season takes place in London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall over eight weeks from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September
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Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto no. 3
Violinist Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto no. 3 with the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein. The performance was recorded at the Verbier Festival in the Salle des Combins, Switzerland on 6 August 2016. The entire performance is available to watch via medici.tv. Read: ...
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Violinist Joshua Bell launches Virtual Reality Experience
'You know how it is seeing yourself in the mirror - well this is worse!' - Joshua Bell US violinist Joshua Bell teamed with Sony Interactive Entertainment to launch the Joshua Bell VR Experience this week. The artist recorded Brahms's Hungarian Dance no.1 with pianist Sam Haywood ...
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Quintet dream team: Joshua Bell, Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky, Henning Kraggerud, Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Joshua Bell (violin), Henning Kraggerud (violin) and Yuri Bashmet (viola) come together in a dream lineup to perform Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, op.57 at the 2008 Verbier Festival. Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua Bell ...
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Joshua Bell rehearses Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Joshua Bell rehearses Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Harding for a concert taking place 10 November 2016. Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua Bell Watch: Maxim Vengerov on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
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Violinist Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein at the Verbier Festival in August 2016.Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua BellRead: 'Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes,' says Joshua Bell
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Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes, says Joshua Bell
The American violinist remembers the warmth of his teacher, Josef Gingold, and his admiration for Jascha Heifetz in this interview with Ariane Todes from The Strad Violin Heroes edition
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Violinist Joshua Bell joins US cultural mission to Cuba
The delegation includes writers, artists and musicians and aims to ‘advance deeper cooperation around the common bonds of our heritages’
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Do concerto performances need a conductor?
Joshua Bell performed and directed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields this week with great success. Could this spark a new trend in concerto performance, asks Charlotte Smith
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Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time
The star soloist and Academy of St Martin in the Fields music director will perform and direct the work with the ensemble in London in November
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Violinist Joshua Bell performs Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno
Violinist Joshua Bell performs an arrangement of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno.Read: Joshua Bell on the Stradivarius of his lifeWatch: When they were young - Joshua Bell
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Violinist Joshua Bell performs Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones Porteñas
Watch a three-minute clip of Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performing the Argentine composer's Four Seasons in Buenos Aires at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 19 July.Click here to read Joshua Bell's thoughts on how conducting improves his violin playingClick here to read ...
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Violinist Joshua Bell and London Symphony Orchestra change perceptions of sharks
The Discovery Channel’s Shark Week has traditionally played host to programmes designed to heighten the terrifying image of sharks. However, this year the channel has teamed with composer J. Ralph to create an original piece entitled ‘Theodora’ focusing on the majesty of these animals.Recorded at Abbey Road Studios ...
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Joshua Bell and Philippe Quint perform Sarasate's Navarra
Violinists Joshua Bell and Philippe Quint have fun performing Sarasate's Navarra in a private concert.Watch Bell's second Washington DC Metro performance, which drew large crowds in October 2014, following his anonymous and less successful busking experiment in 2007.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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Violinist Joshua Bell on the art of conducting
In 2011 the Grammy Award-winning artist became music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, where he conducts from the concertmaster’s chair
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Joshua Bell performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, who talks to The Strad about the art of conducting, performs and directs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for the Pharos Arts Foundation in Nicosia, Cyprus.The Strad's March 2015 issue, out now, investigates the increasing number of string players ...
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