Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell was born on December 9th, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. Legend has it that his mother started him in violin lessons after finding that he had stretched rubberbands across the handles of his dresser in order to play notes he had overheard when she played piano. In addition to violin, Bell was [...]
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