Joshua Bell, violin

With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell CBE is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. He has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and regularly appears as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and as the music director of London’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Bell has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America, made an honorary CBE in Britain, selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, recognized with the Avery Fisher Prize, and honored as an “Indiana Living Legend.” “Lush tone and agile virtuosity.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune