Joshua Bell has been an international violin soloist since he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti at the age of 14. He signed his first recording contract four years ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. When he was four-years old Joshua Bell's parents found him making music by ...

There is a well-known phenomenon at orchestra concerts: the more empty seats in the second half, the more famous the soloist in the first. Call it Celebrated Soloist Syndrome. The San Diego Civic ...

The last time I saw the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra perform, it was more than a decade ago. The London-based ensemble finished its concert with Haydn’s famed “Farewell ...

When violinist Joshua Bell released his “Romance of the Violin” CDs – the first in 2003 and last year’s encore recording – he didn’t anticipate great reviews. The two projects were full of works for ...

Joshua Bell is no longer officially a wunderkind – he turns 50 in December – but the virtuoso violinist still sounds like an excitable kid when he talks about the myriad projects, people and pieces ...

In 2007, a man in a baseball cap pulled out his violin in a D.C. Metro stop. He was busking for spare change, his swift playing echoing off the walls of the train station as office-bound professionals ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jay Greenberg, the kid composer who got a big-time recording contract in the summer of 2006, has scored again: His violin concerto had its world premiere Sunday at Carnegie Hall with ...