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
brilliant composer fluffy love pass people underrated
I happen to love Saint-Saens in general. I think he's a brilliant composer and sometimes underrated in a way because people like to pass him off as fluffy and not being serious.
asks composer
You become what the composer asks you to become.
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.
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.
writing wannabes composer
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.
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.
family work
Over the years, I've seen how being a soloist and having a family can really work.
beethoven consummate directly experience musician playing speaks
Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people.
people randomly reaching
I think - I'm always interested in reaching people in different ways, not by - not by just standing on a - randomly on a subway platform.
recording
I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.
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.
basis education music
I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.
When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.