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Violinist Joshua Bell, who has recorded more than 30 albums on the Sony Classical label, will highlight the 23rd FPC Concerts season.

"It was totally amazing," said Maggie Anderson, a touch of awe entering her voice.

Violinist Joshua Bell, who has recorded more than 30 albums on the Sony Classical label, will highlight the 23rd FPC Concerts season.

One day last year a man walked up the steps of a busy Washington, D.C. Metro station and stood against a wall beside a trash can.

Wednesday isn't usually the most festive day of the week, but you wouldn't have known that from the thousands of people who found their way to the Ravinia Festival for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's first ...

Today you can enjoy the Independence Day holiday at home with family and friends, because it's the one scheduled "dark day" at the Ravinia Festival this summer.

The sold-out Aspen Music Festival audience Friday evening got two major soloists for the price of one, as both pianist Jeffrey Kahane and violinist Joshua Bell joined the Aspen Chamber Symphony for a stellar ...

The Ravinia Festival is ready for a classic summer. Programming underway this month in the intimate Martin Theatre includes such early-season gems as the Juilliard String Quartet and pianists Ursula Oppens, ...

The 1,300-seat Union Theater in the Memorial Union experienced nearly a 25 percent drop in non-student attendance in one year despite presenting four more shows in the recently ended 2007-2008 season, according ...

“I wish that there were more great, or great-in-waiting conductors in the world, and especially in America”

Four who are scene-shifting classical musicians talk about why they came to Portland, and why "a big small town" can be a more promising place than bigger Seattle for an art-music revolution. via Crosscut.com

Notable performers who studied at or graduated from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: David Baker , composer and IU professor. via The Indianapolis Star

“I bet Yo Yo Ma himself, if he were in disguise, couldn't get through to these deadheads.”

Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten, one of the funniest journalists I've ever read, won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing yesterday, honored for a piece in which world-class violinist Joshua Bell ... via Workbench

“I usually do a first half of classical transcriptions and a second half of music that I've written”

From Bach to bluegrass, Edgar Meyer is the boss of the double bass. The three-time Grammy winner might be a modern-day Giovanni Bottesini. via Columbus Dispatch

“We wanted to get the best talent and hottest names for our 75th season”

Just after 8:15 p.m. Saturday, famed violinist Joshua Bell took center stage at the Strand Theatre in the Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center in York. via The York Daily Record

Maybe it's just me, but once the daylight hours start to stretch out, the weather turns and the birds start chirping, I'm ready to roll my sleeves up and sweat it out to some live music. via Arkansas Times

Four area music students were honored as The Community Theatre's Music Students of the Month prior to the March 1 performance by classical violinist Joshua Bell. via Daily Record

Leading stars of the world of music, theater and dance will headline the Ravinia Festival, which opens its 2008 season May 31 and runs through mid-September with 150 events in 101 days. via Daily Herald

Among the valuable things music director Marin Alsop brought with her to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was a long-standing connection to Naxos, one of the top-selling classical record labels in the world. She has covered a wide variety of repertoire for the company in collaborations with several orchestras.

Viewed skeptically after its founding in 1987 because of its budget price and many unknown performers, Naxos soon established a solid reputation and an impressive stable of musicians. That stable now includes the BSO. Read more

“People have no idea how much it costs to do a big show”

Attractions and Activities News The good, challenging next season at the Phil By HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS 7:50 p.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Each year the Philharmonic Center for the Arts stages an ... via Naples Daily News

By CHRIS SHULL Violinist Joshua Bell is about as famous as a classical musician can get.He's a regular on the TV talk-show circuit. via Star-telegram.com