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
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.
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.
certain classical fuller gone guess halls hardcore number people playing
As my career has gone on, I guess I've become more well known. I'm playing to fuller halls in general, which is a nice feeling. When you're doing that, you're going to have a certain number of people who are not just the hardcore classical fanatics, and this makes me very happy.
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.
classical music
It's interesting about classical music that the more you hear something, the more you get to know a piece, the better and better it gets, period, which is just an interesting thing on it.
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 god orchestra rolling seen stop stopped technique time
So many times, I've seen conductors that, every time they have a thought, they stop the orchestra and say it, and I can see the orchestra rolling their eyes and saying, 'Oh, God, he stopped again.' So there's a technique to rehearsing.
addicted
I'm addicted to the adrenaline of performing, and I think when you're used to having that high, you look for it in other things.
alternate playing
I kind of alternate between conducting and playing and kind of juggling those things, but I don't use a baton.
directing exciting
It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.
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.
concept conductor great orchestra secret unify
I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them.
composer considered highest homage sort work
In a way, the highest praise you could give to a composer like Bach was to take and make your own arrangement; it was sort of an homage to that composer and to his work, so it wasn't considered sacrilegious to do something like that.
conductor orchestra people symphony
It's different for people who have not seen a symphony conductor conduct from a chair. I feel very connected to the orchestra in a way that a conductor sometimes does not feel. I think it's more visceral.