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Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. ==Childhood== Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. His mother, Shirley, was a therapist. His father, Alan P. Bell, was a psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Indiana University, in Bloomington, and a former Kinsey researcher.〔(Joshua Bell to return home for benefit performance ). Indiana University Media Relations. Retrieved January 28, 2007.〕 His father is of Scottish descent, and his mother is Jewish (his maternal grandfather was born in Israel and his maternal grandmother was from Minsk). Bell told ''The Jewish Journal'', "I identify myself as being Jewish".〔〔("Bell Man" ) by Mandy katz, ''Moment'' (August/September 2007)〕〔("Bell Brings Artistry, Ancestry to Performances" ) by Tom Teicholz, ''Jewish Journal'' (June 29, 2010)〕 Bell began taking violin lessons at the age of four after his mother discovered that her son had taken rubber bands from around the house and stretched them across the handles of his nine dresser drawers to pluck out music he had heard her play on the piano. His parents got a scaled-to-size violin for their then five-year-old son and started giving him lessons. A bright student, Bell took to the instrument but lived an otherwise normal midwest Indiana life playing video games and excelling at sports, namely tennis and bowling, even placing in a national tennis tournament at the age of ten.〔The Univee, yearbook, 1978–9〕 Bell studied as a boy first under Donna Bricht, widow of Indiana University music faculty member Walter Bricht.〔"Music: The Teacher, The Lesson". ''Bloomington Herald-Times'', January 15, 1989.〕 His second teacher was Mimi Zweig, and then he switched to the violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold after Bell's parents assured Gingold that they were not interested in pushing their son in the study of the violin but simply wanted him to have the best teacher for his abilities. Satisfied that the boy was living a normal life, Gingold took Bell on as his student. By age 12, Bell was serious about the instrument, thanks in large part to Gingold's inspiration. At the age of 14, Bell appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti. He studied the violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and graduated from Bloomington High School North in 1984,〔BHSN Yearbook, 1984.〕 In 1989, Bell received an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from Indiana University. His alma mater also honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Service Award only two years after his graduation. He has been named an "Indiana Living Legend" and received the Indiana Governor's Arts Award. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joshua Bell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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