Joshua Bell in Recital

With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists today. An exclusive Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone awards, and he is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize. Named the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011, he is the only person to hold this post since 1958 when Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra.

In 2018,Bell tours with Academy to the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Asia.With pianist Sam Haywood, Bell performs recitals in Europe and America, and on February 7, 2018, reunites with pianist Jeremy Denk for a Carnegie Hall recital broadcast live. Additional highlights include dates with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, and an all-Beethoven play/direct program with the Orchestre National de Lyon. Recently released is Joshua Bell – The Classical Collection, a 14-CD set of albums of classical repertoire. Slated for May is Bell’s recording with the Academy of the Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and g minor Concerto.

Bell recently engaged in two tech projects: With Embertone, the leading virtual instrument sampling company, the Joshua Bell Virtual Violin was created for producers, artists, engineers and composers. Bell also teamed up with Sony for the Joshua Bell VR Experience featuring Bell performing in full 360-degree VR and available for free download for SONY PlayStation 4 VR.

Convinced of the value of music as an educational tool, Bell is a member of Turnaround Arts, and Education Through Music which provide arts education to low-performing elementary and middle schools.

Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.