Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
Joshua David Bellis an American violinist and conductor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth9 December 1967
CityBloomington, IN
CountryUnited States of America
far house playing somehow stakes whether
As far as I'm concerned, the stakes are always very high. Whether it's playing at the White House or playing for a group in my own house - you know, one of those soirees I play in. Once I start playing, the stakes are somehow higher, in a way, than any of the context.
classical crossover far music
As far as doing TV, I do think there's a big audience out there that could enjoy classical music, but they don't know how to find it, and sometimes by doing different things... crossover things probably make up about 5% of what I do.
art basically huge human ignoring means music neglecting side
Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.
anyone beethoven classical knows life loves music seventh
Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life.
acoustics amazing artists craftsman figured great lived science scientists sound understand
Stradivarius, in particular, was the most amazing craftsman and one of the great artists and scientists that ever lived because he figured out something with the sound and the science of acoustics that we still don't understand it completely.
best
Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.
capital change coming nice sort town university
Coming to a university town is always nice. It's a nice change from going to the sort of major, capital cities.
backstage
The one thing in my contract that they have backstage for me is bananas. And usually my assistant will go and get me chicken broth.
huge music people playing
After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music.
art
I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate hearing someone play something in a way that I wouldn't.
challenged time
I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.
stretch
I think it's really important to always kind of stretch your boundaries and your limits and get out of your comfort zone. And for me, that's very important.
conductors craft good great known lay push
Good conductors know when to push and when to lay back. I've known so many great conductors that I'm still doing what I can to learn the craft of this role.
conductors good lead ninety orchestra rehearsal
Good conductors know when to let an orchestra lead itself. Ninety percent of what a conductor does comes in the rehearsal - the vision, the structure, the architecture.