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JOSHUA BELL,
violin
Growing up in Bloomington, IN, Joshua Bell
became interested in the violin at age and be-
gan studying under Josef Gingold at . He de-
buted as a soloist at age with the Philadelphia
Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti, then
made his Carnegie Hall debut three years later.
Bell continued to study with Gingold at Indi-
ana University, where he earned an Artist Di-
ploma in
. His more recent honors include
receiving the Avery Fisher Prize in
, being
named
Musical America
’s Instrumentalist of the
Year in
, and serving on President Obama’s
Committee on the Arts and Humanities. In
Bell was the featured soloist for the inaugural
world tour of the National Youth Orchestra of
the USA, and last year he participated in the
US Government’s inaugural cultural mission
to Cuba.
is past spring he was artist-in-resi-
dence at the Kennedy Center with the National
Symphony Orchestra. Bell has appeared on over
recordings since his debut at age and is
currently an exclusive artist with Sony Classical,
most recently releasing an all-Bruch disc featur-
ing his rst recording of the
Scottish Fantasy
and
a new performance of the Violin Concerto No.
with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, of
which he has been music director since
. He
has also recorded albums of Bach, Beethoven,
and Brahms with the ensemble. Bell’s discog-
raphy also includes the
Grammy-winning
performance of Nicholas Maw’s Violin Concer-
to with the London Philharmonic;
Romance of
the Violin
, which was named
Billboard
’s
Classical Album of the Year and also earned
him the Classical Artist of the Year award; and
Musical Gi s from Joshua Bell and Friends
, fea-
turing collaborations with Chris Botti, Kristin
Chenoweth, Chick Corea, Gloria Estefan, Renée
Fleming, Plácido Domingo, Alison Krauss, and
others on classic holiday tunes. He has also ap-
peared on such lm soundtracks as
Angels &De-
mons
, on which he collaborated with composer
Hans Zimmer, and
e Red Violin
, which won
the
Oscar for Best Original Score. Joshua
Bell rst performed at Ravinia in
and to-
night continues his th season at the festival.
6:00 PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018
BENNETT GORDON HALL
JONATHAN BISS,
piano
COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS
PART VII
Piano Sonata No. (“Pathétique”)
Grave—Allegro di molto e con brio
Adagio cantabile
Rondo: Allegro
Piano Sonata No.
In tempo d’un menuetto
Allegretto—Più allegro
Piano Sonata No. (“Farewell”)
Das Lebewohl: Adagio—Allegro
Das Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo [
attacca
]
Das Wiedersehen: Vivacissimamente
–
–
Piano Sonata No.
Maestoso—Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Tonight’s concert marks the conclusion of Jonathan Biss’s three-year cycle of
Beethoven’s piano sonatas in anticipation of the composer’s sestercentennial in 2020.
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