Virtuoso Violinist Joshua Bell is coming to Central Florida to perform two concerts in Orlando and Daytona with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orlando concert is Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 8:00pm at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre (401 W. Livingston Street, Orlando). Tickets are $22, $37, $52, $72, and $87, and can be purchased by phone at 407-770-0071 or online. Students with valid student ID can purchase discounted tickets in select areas. The Daytona concert is the next afternoon, May 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Peabody Auditorium (600 Auditorium Boulevard, Daytona Beach). Tickets for this performance go on sale Feb 1, 2011 and are $17, $32, $47, $62 and $77. Students with valid student ID can purchase tickets for $24.50 in select areas. To purchase tickets to the May 15 performance, and can be purchased by phone 407-770-0071 (Orlando Phil box office) or 800-745-3000 (Ticketmaster), online or in person at the Peabody Auditorium Box office (600 Auditorium Boulevard, Daytona Beach).
About the performances:
Under the direction of Maestro Christopher Wilkins, Bell performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Orlando Philharmonic. The program also features the Philharmonic performing Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1, and a world-premiere of a commissioned work by composer Daniel May.
About Joshua Bell
For more than two decades, Bell has enchanted audiences worldwide with his breathtaking virtuosity and tone of rare beauty. He 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. His restless curiosity and multifaceted musical interests have taken him in exciting new directions that have earned him the rare title of "classical music superstar." With more than 30 CDs recorded, Bell's performances for Sony Classical film soundtracks also include The Red Violin, which won the Oscar for Best Original Score, the Classical Brit-nominated Ladies in Lavender and Academy Award-winning film Iris, in an original score by James Horner while appearing as himself in the film Music of the Heart starring Meryl Streep. Millions of people are just as likely to have seen him on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose, CBS Sunday Morning, A&E's Biography and the PBS programs Great Performances-Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite from Central Park, Joshua Bell at the Penthouse-Live From Lincoln Center, Memorial Day Concert, and Sesame Street. He was one of the first classical artists to have a music video air on VH1, and he has been the subject of a BBC Omnibus documentary. Bell has been profiled in publications ranging from Newsweek to People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People issue, Gramophone and USA Today.
About the performances:
Under the direction of Maestro Christopher Wilkins, Bell performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Orlando Philharmonic. The program also features the Philharmonic performing Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1, and a world-premiere of a commissioned work by composer Daniel May.
About Joshua Bell
For more than two decades, Bell has enchanted audiences worldwide with his breathtaking virtuosity and tone of rare beauty. He 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. His restless curiosity and multifaceted musical interests have taken him in exciting new directions that have earned him the rare title of "classical music superstar." With more than 30 CDs recorded, Bell's performances for Sony Classical film soundtracks also include The Red Violin, which won the Oscar for Best Original Score, the Classical Brit-nominated Ladies in Lavender and Academy Award-winning film Iris, in an original score by James Horner while appearing as himself in the film Music of the Heart starring Meryl Streep. Millions of people are just as likely to have seen him on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose, CBS Sunday Morning, A&E's Biography and the PBS programs Great Performances-Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite from Central Park, Joshua Bell at the Penthouse-Live From Lincoln Center, Memorial Day Concert, and Sesame Street. He was one of the first classical artists to have a music video air on VH1, and he has been the subject of a BBC Omnibus documentary. Bell has been profiled in publications ranging from Newsweek to People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People issue, Gramophone and USA Today.