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Joshua David Bell (born 9 December 1967) is an Americanviolinist. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of today.

Childhood

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Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

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His father was a psychologist and therapist. He began violin lessons at the age of four after his mother found that Bell had taken rubber bands from around the house and stretched them across the handles of his dresser drawer to pluck out music he had heard her play on the piano.

His parents got him a very small violin and started giving him lessons. He learned the violin very quickly, but also had time to enjoy things such as video games and sports.

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Bell's first violin teacher suggested that he should learn with Josef Gingold. Bell says that Gingold was a great teacher. At the age of fourteen, Bell appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

He studied the violin at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Mus