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
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.
truth
You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.
might practice sadly work
You might think that after 40 years of practice you wouldn't need to practice anymore, but sadly it doesn't work that way. You still have to keep chugging away and perfecting.
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.
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.
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.
bach composer music
Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.
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.
far life meet normally red samuel stuff
As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The Red Violin' film, I got to go to the Oscars, and I got to meet Samuel Jackson, and I got to do stuff that one wouldn't normally do in my world.
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.
architecture job putting skill works
The real architecture happens within the works themselves, and that was done by the composer. That's where the real skill is. In putting together a program, you're more a curator, but that's important as well. And then the interpreting of it is where our big job is.