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Joshua Bell, Violin and Jeremy Denk, Piano
February 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Location: Phillips Center
Genre: Classical
Related sites:
- http://www.joshuabell.com/
- http://jeremydenk.net/
- http://www.myspace.com/joshuabell
- http://www.myspace.com/jeremydenk
Buy tickets online!
Prices: $60.50, Pit, Orchestra Rows A-P and Mezzanine; $50, Orchestra Rows Q-Z; $39.25, Balcony. (Prices include tax. Pit seating is limited and subject to availability.)
Sponsored by Koss Olinger Financial Group and Shands HealthCare.
Click here to view the program for the February 6 performance.
Did you know…
• Joshua Bell came to national attention at the age of 14 in a highly acclaimed orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. A Carnegie Hall debut, the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and a recording contract further confirmed his presence in the music world.- • Today he is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader.
- • Joshua Bell made his first recording at the age of 18. Since then he has fostered an extensive catalogue of classical recordings resulting in a distinctive and wide-ranging body of work.
- • Bell and his two sisters grew up on a farm in Bloomington, Indiana. As a child, he explored many passions outside of music, becoming an avid computer game player and a competitive athlete. He placed fourth in a national tennis tournament at age 10 and still keeps his racquet close by.
- • Bell received his first violin at age four after his parents, both psychologists by profession, noticed him plucking tunes with rubber bands he had stretched around the handles of his dresser drawers. By 12 he was serious about the instrument, thanks in large part to the inspiration of renowned violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold, who had become his beloved teacher and mentor.
- • Joshua performed for the President, First Lady and guests on February 11 at the grand reopening of the Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. The event honored George Lucas and Sidney Poitier with additional performances from high-profile entertainers. The audience was amazed to learn that the violin Joshua was playing was last played at Ford’s Theatre on April 14th, 1865 — the evening Lincoln was assassinated.
- • Bell received the 2008 Academy of Achievement award for exceptional accomplishment in the arts.
- • Joshua Bell plays the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.
- • In 1998 Jeremy Denk won both the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and received a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.
- • The versatile pianist’s repertoire ranges from the standard works of the 18th and 19th centuries to twentieth-century masters such as Ives, Ligeti, Lutoslawski and Messiaen, and further to new works by leading composers of today.
- • Denk made his New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in April 1997 as the winner of the Juilliard Piano Debut Award.
- • Jeremy Denk first performed with violinist Joshua Bell at the 2004 Spoleto Festival. Since then, they have toured throughout the United States in and Europe with almost eighty performances to date. The Philadelphia Reviewer noted their “equal partnership, with no upstaging.”
CLICK HERE to hear a brief message from Joshua Bell.
CLICK HERE to listen to an interview with Joshua Bell.
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February 8th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Excellent. Really enjoyable.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Bell & Denk— a stunning duo!
For me, this concert fulfills the highest aspirations of classical music.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
My husband Norm Holland I both enjoyed/admired the Joshua Bell concert, but we both feel we much prefer to hear a solo or small chamber concert in a smaller venue. The big auditorium robs the music of some of its immediacy and resonance.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
It was a marvelous concert. My one slight concern was in the first piece, Bach, the volume of the piano overshadowed the violin just a teeny bit. I don’t know if there is any adjustment that could have been made. (I was not at all disappointed in Denk’s playing.)
February 8th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Words fail me. OUTSTANDING!! BREATHTAKING!!
February 8th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
The performance by Bell and Denk was one of the most pleasurable of my life. The seamless cooperation and support between the soloists was miraculous and a joy to behold.
I am a singer–of many years–and a former clarinetist. Live music of this quality makes living in Gainesville a pleasure, despite its sports obsession.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
What a “fantastic” concert!!! Both musicians were excellent and we hope to see them here again.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Joshua’s extraordinary talent is immediately evident. His performance astonishing and his mastering of the classics - glorious! When are Joshua and Jeremy returning for another performance??
February 8th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Excellent concert by a super star playing “fire works.” But my favorite was the encore Dvorak because it was more melodic.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
It was an extordinary concert with 4 wonderfully performed pieces. I particularly liked the Ravel made especially enlightening after hearing the excellent pre-concert talk by Howard Rothman. I was really prepared to listen and understand.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I thought that Bell and Denk’s performance was wonderful, and that their interplay together was incredible! I believe they were quite inspirational and would love to see them again.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
This is the first concert I have enjoyed this season. It’s been said that audiences are not interested in classical music and that big-name artists are too expensive to present here for that reason. Joshua Bell is a big name and his concert filled the house,nearly as I could tell. He played traditional pieces which audiences relate to and he played them well. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. I hope that other “big-name” artists who play classical music will be invited here. Audiences will pay for quality.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Delightful concert. Wish you offered more of such music and also of good dance.
February 8th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
A marvelous evening!
February 8th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Absolutely Excellent! Wonderful to experience performers of this caliber.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
What a thrilling experience to once again hear the most talented, Joshua Bell on Sat, Feb. 6. I was reminded of his first appearance for the Performing Arts here in Gainesville. Almost 10 years ago, my husband, Alan, who was also a violinist in his youth, told him,”young man, keep playing like that and you will be a success one of these days.” You would had to have known my husband in order to fully appreciate his comment. Thank you for bringing Joshua Bell to our theater once again~!!!