Joshua David Bell

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Joshua David Bell Wiki Biography

Joshua David Bell was born on 9 December 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana USA, of Scottish and Jewish descent. Joshua is a conductor and violinist, well known for his performances with various orchestras around the world. He’s been awarded numerous times and was also featured in a Washington Post experiment. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Joshua Bell? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $15 million, mostly earned through a successful career in music. He’s made many high profile performances, including in collaboration with other musicians. He’s also appeared in various television and film productions. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will increase.

Bell started learning the violin at the age of four, when his mother discovered that he was trying to emulate piano music by using stretched rubber bands. He was given a violin and started taking lessons, though he was also focused on other things such as sports. He studied under Donna Bricht and Mimi Zweig before learning from Josef Gingold. Despite the fact that his parents weren’t truly pushing him towards a career as a violinist, Gingold inspired Bell to pursue the instrument, so that at the age of 14, he appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a solo violinist. He also attended Indiana University Jacobs School of Music to study the violin. In 1989, he achieved an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance and then a Distinguished Alumni Service Award two years after graduating from the school.

In 1985 at the age of 17, Joshua made his debut at Carnegie Hall with the St. Louis Symphony. Since then, he’s performed around the world and written numerous compositions. He took part in the film “The Red Violin” and “Ladies in Lavender”, and also made a guest appearance in “Music fo the Heart”. He is an artistic partner for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and also collaborates with film composer Hans Zimmer.

He received an Academy Award nomination for his performance of the song “Before My Time” for the documentary “Chasing Ice”. Aside from those, he was named as the Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in London, and was also awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. One of his latest works is being part of an episode of “Royal Pains”. All have contributed to his net worth.

Bell plays a 300-year-old violin called Gibson ex Huberman – the instrument has been stolen twice but recovered. The violin was about to be sold for a collection and Joshua then decided to sell his Tom Taylor Stradivarius violin for $2 million in order to buy the violin for a little under four million dollars. The events are told in the documentary “The Return of the Violin”.

Aside from that, Bell participated in a Washington Post experiment in which he played incognito at a subway station in Washington DC. Despite his performance that could be worth significantly more in orchestra performances, he only gathered $32 and only one person knew who he was. The article and experiment would win a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. The experiment is also posted on YouTube, called “Find Your Way, A Busker Documentary”.

For his personal life, it is known that Joshua has three children born to former girlfriend Lisa Matricardi. He currently resides in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York.

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Joshua David Bell Quick Info

Full Name Joshua Bell
Net Worth $15 million
Date Of Birth December 9, 1967
Place Of Birth Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Height 6′ (1.83 m)
Profession Violinist
Education Bloomington High School, North Jacobs School of Music
Nationality American
Children Benjamin Bell, Josef Bell, Samuel Bell
Parents Shirley Bell, Alan P. Bell
Siblings Toby Gill, Rachel Bell, Terry Milazzo
Partner Lisa Matricardi
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshuabellviolinist
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/joshuabellmusic
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IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068310/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joshua-bell-mn0000943781
Awards Avery Fisher Prize, Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
Music Groups National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program
Movies Orchestra of Exiles, Verbier Festival: Highlights 2008, Martha Argerich: Live at Verbier Festival: 2007-2008

Joshua David Bell Quotes

  • [on dealing with security issues for his $4 million Stradivarius] The last time it was stolen [1936], it was gone for fifty years. The thief confessed on his deathbed. He was a violinist and he covered it in shoe polish and played on it his whole life. But it’s the best investment I’ve ever made, although I’ll never see the profits because I will die with this in my hands. Traveling with it is like traveling with a baby. It’s irreplaceable, but it won’t spontaneously combust.
  • I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker. I’m addicted to the adrenaline of performing, and I think when you’re used to having that high, you look for it in other things. Violinists are notorious gamblers [Henryk] Wieniawski and [Niccolo] Paganini lost their violins gambling.

Joshua David Bell Important Facts

  • Currently on a world tour [March 2002]
  • Joining his alma mater Indiana University’s renowned Jacobs School of Music as a faculty member [2008]
  • On January 12, 2007, with Washington Post Staff Writer Gene Weingarten, he pretended he was a violin street busker at a Washington, D.C. subway stop as an experiment to see if people would pay attention in their rush to get to work at 8 a.m. in the morning.
  • Graduated from Indiana University.
  • Was named one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in May 2000.

Joshua David Bell Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Spise med Price 2014 TV Series documentary music – 1 episode Music Department
For Colored Girls 2010 musician: violin solos Music Department
Angels & Demons 2009 musician: violin solos Music Department
Defiance 2008/I musician: violin solos Music Department
Silk 2007 musician: violin Music Department
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 2005 musician: violin solos Music Department
Ladies in Lavender 2004 musician: violin Music Department
Iris 2001/I musician: solo violin Music Department
Great Performances 2001 TV Series musician – 1 episode Music Department
The Red Violin 1998 music consultant / musician: solo violin Music Department
Bi no tsubo TV Series 1 episode, 2013 performer – 1 episode, 2013 Soundtrack
The 85th Annual Academy Awards 2013 TV Special performer: “Before My Time” Soundtrack
Orchestra of Exiles 2012 Documentary performer: “Viloin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: 1. Allegro” [sic], “Sonata for Violin and Piano in A: IV. Allegretto Poco Mosso” Soundtrack
Chasing Ice 2012 Documentary “Before My Time” / performer: “Before My Time” Soundtrack
The War 2007 TV Mini-Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Ladies in Lavender 2004 performer: “Carnival of Venice” ca1829, “Meditation” 1894, “Zabawa Weselna”, “The Girl With The Flaxen Hair”, “Introduction and Tarantelle Op. 43” as “Introduction and Tarantelle”, “Fuga from Sonata No.1 in G Minor BWV 1001” 1720 as “Fuga from Sonata No.1” Soundtrack
Music of the Heart 1999 performer: “Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins” Soundtrack
Royal Pains 2016 TV Series Joshua Bell Actor
Mozart in the Jungle 2014-2015 TV Series Joshua Bell Actor
Ladies in Lavender 2004 Violinist for Andrea (uncredited) Actor
The Red Violin 1998 Violinist (Oxford) (uncredited) Actor
The Eye 2008 special thanks Thanks
Julie’s Greenroom 2017 TV Series filming Himself Self
Home & Family 2016 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Tavis Smiley 2008-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Maestro 2015 Documentary Himself Self
Find Your Way: A Busker’s Documentary 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Frankie Moreno: Songs at Home, with Special Guest Joshua Bell 2014 TV Movie Himself Self
The Queen Latifah Show 2013 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Huckabee 2013 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
My Music: Classical Rewind 2013 TV Movie Himself Self
¡Atención obras! 2013 TV Series Himself Self
BBC Proms 2013 TV Series Himself – Violinist Self
Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
Orchestra of Exiles 2012 Documentary Himself Self
From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts 2012 TV Movie Himself Self
Joshua Bell Plays Mendelssohn and Meyer 2012 Video Himself Self
CBS This Morning 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona 2010 Documentary Himself Self
Bach & Friends 2010 Documentary Self
Profil, Poveste, Personaj 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Live from Lincoln Center 2004-2010 TV Series Himself / Himself – Violinist Self
In Search of the Messiah 2009 Documentary Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien 2009 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon 2008-2009 TV Series Himself – Performer / Himself Self
The Music Tree 2009 Documentary Interview Self
Stand Up to Cancer 2008 TV Movie Himself Self
From the Top at Carnegie Hall 2007 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2001-2006 TV Series Himself Self
The Megan Mullally Show 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Breakfast with the Arts 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Eine große Nachtmusik 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Love Monkey 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Circling Around: The Violin Virtuosi 2006 TV Movie documentary Former Violin Virtuosi Member Self
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards 2004 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Sesame Street 2004 TV Series Himself Self
The 44th Annual Grammy Awards 2002 TV Special Himself Self
Great Performances 2001 TV Series Himself – Performer Self
The Martin Short Show 1999 TV Series Himself Self
Music of the Heart 1999 Himself Self
Biography 1995 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1989 TV Series Himself Self
PBS NewsHour 1987 TV Series Himself Self
The 85th Annual Academy Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Performer: Before My Time Archive Footage

Joshua David Bell Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2002 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program Great Performances (1971) Won
2002 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program Great Performances (1971) Nominated