First emerging as an energetic child prodigy in the late 1980s, Joshua Bell soon
established himself as one of the most gifted virtuosos of his generation,
earning the nickname "the poet of the violin" thanks to his elegant style and
daring, free-wheeling approach to music.
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he first showed a love of music as a toddler when
he would stretch elastic bands over his dresser drawer handles and start
plucking away, trying to imitate his mother's piano playing. His parents bought
him his first violin at the age of four and the naturally gifted learner
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