Raised on a farm in Bloomington, Indiana, Joshua Bell was given his first violin when he was four years old after his parents noticed him picking out melodies on a pair of rubber bands he had stretched between the knobs of his dresser. He first came to national attention at the age of 14 in a highly acclaimed orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. A rare classical superstar in the record industry, Joshua Bell has released over 30 CDs, among them the concertos of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. He has also won Grammy Awards for his recordings of...