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BIOGRAPHIES
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell has earned a prominent position in the classical music
world since making his orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and the
Philadelphia Orchestra at age 14. That performance, his Carnegie Hall
debut, an Avery Fisher Grant, and a recording contract created a sensation
that spread throughout the music world. Today, at age 33, the former
child prodigy has played with the world's leading orchestras and conductors,
recorded 25 albums, and earned a reputation as a dynamic performer
and thoughtful musician. Bell has completed a diverse collection of
albums since joining Sony Classical in 1996, resulting in Grammy nominations
for his crossover projects (SHORT TRIP HOME, GERSHWIN FANTASY, THE
RED VIOLIN, and LISTEN TO THE STORYTELLER) and a Grammy Award for
his Maw violin concerto recording. THE RED VIOLIN captured the Academy
Award for Best Original Score in 1999, composed by John Corigliano,
who proclaimed upon accepting the Oscar, "Joshua plays like a god."
Bell also recorded the Sibelius
and Goldmark violin concertos, in addition to 13 albums, for London/Decca
Records. WEST SIDE STORY SUITE, with David Zinman and the Philharmonia
Orchestra, is Bell's newest album for Sony Classical. The all-Bernstein
CD also features "Serenade After Plato's 'Symposium'" and selections
from "On the Town" and "Candide."
Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in a production of Moliere's
"Scapin," followed in 1997 by the Kander and Ebb musical "Steel Pier,"
for which she won a Theatre World Award. The next season she appeared
in the City Center Encores! production of "Strike Up the Band" and
the Lincoln Center Theater production of "A New Brain." She created
the role of Sally in the first Broadway production of "You're a Good
Man, Charlie Brown," receiving the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics
Circle Awards as the season's best featured actress in a musical.
She starred in the Broadway comedy "Epic Proportions," and followed
up with acclaimed appearances in the ABC-TV adaptation of the musical
"Annie" (as Lily St. Regis) and in the leading role of the City Center
Encores! production of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." She has
also performed leading roles at Goodspeed Opera House and the Guthrie
Theatre, and she was chosen by the late Jerome Robbins as the guest
soloist in his "West Side Story Suite" of dances at New York City
Ballet. A Sony Classical artist, she recently released her first solo
recording, LET YOURSELF GO, featuring songs by Irving
Berlin, George Gershwin,
Duke Ellington, and others.
In the summer of 2000, she starred in her own NBC-TV comedy series,
KRISTIN.
William Eddins
William Eddins makes his New York Philharmonic conducting debut with "West Side Story Suite." He attended the Eastman School of Music, studying with David Effron and graduating at age 18, the youngest graduate in the history of the institution. Currently he is resident conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world. Last March he received the Seaver/NEA Conducting Award, a triennial grant of $50,000 awarded to exceptionally gifted young American conductors. Recent engagements include the symphony orchestras of San Francisco, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Dallas, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Houston, and San Antonio. He has upcoming performances with the New Jersey Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among others. Internationally, in summer 2001 he led the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (Perth). He was recently appointed principal guest conductor of the National Orchestra of Ireland, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Berlin Staatskapelle. In addition to conducting, he continues his work as a pianist and chamber musician. He opened last season with the Chicago Symphony by conducting the Beethoven "Triple Concerto" from the keyboard with Pinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell.
Top banner photos: Joshua Bell; harpist with
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The Broadway actress and singer Kristin
Chenoweth. |
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Joshua Bell performs on a Stradivarius
violin called the "Tom Taylor." |
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The "West Side Story Suite" CD is available. |
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