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
brings call closest god music truth whatever
For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it.
adding bigger chamber directing music
I started directing chamber orchestras, then adding bigger pieces, adding winds, adding small symphonies. I've always loved chamber music, and I've done a lot.
amazing life played seeing time watching
My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.
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.
recording
I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.
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.
legally music whether
I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.
itunes legally music spent
Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.
classical coming josh people projects
In those projects with Sting and Josh Groban and people like that, I see a very interesting effect: their fans coming to my classical concerts, people who've never been to a classical show at all.
festival italian met originally south steven
In 1987, I had no idea who Steven Isserlis was. We met at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. It was originally just an Italian summer festival, but for the past 14 years, there's also been a spring festival in America.
conducting conductors few great strange work works
Conducting is a strange thing to teach. There are very few great conducting teachers, and most great conductors don't teach. Look at Valery Gergiev - what he does is not teachable. A lot of it is on-the-job training, what works and what doesn't work.
basis education music
I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.
early less liked meant musically time
There was a time, early on in my career, when it was very important for me to be liked by everyone. It meant that I was musically less honest with myself.
kids music schools visited
I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.