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
family work
Over the years, I've seen how being a soloist and having a family can really work.
maybe music people teaches work
Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
categorize high mix music shallow showy
We like to categorize things into showy things and deep things, you know, and things that are high music - important music - and shallow music. And I think that's dangerous, because there's often a mix of both.
coming emotions figuring question tapping
The question is figuring out the emotions of the composer, where he's coming from, and then tapping into it the same way an actor would in approaching a role.