Voice and the Violin with Joshua Bell and Larusa Martinez (GER)

Along with pianist Peter Dugan, Grammy Award®-winning violinist Joshua Bell and renowned soprano Larisa Martínez present “Voice and the Violin,” an evening of beloved romantic arias and modern classics, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Puccini, and more.

Bell has performed for three American presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. He participated in former president Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba, joining Cuban and American musicians on an Emmy-nominated PBS Live from Lincoln Center special; Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, celebrating renewed cultural diplomacy between Cuba and the United States. Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.

Puerto Rican opera singer Larisa Martínez has been praised and sought after for her “smoky soprano” (Opera News), gracing many of the world’s top opera and concert stages including recent debuts as a soloist at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, and the Hollywood Bowl.

Excerpts To Include:
MENDELSSOHN: “Ah, ritorna, età dell’oro” (Cavatina and Cabaletta) from Infelice
BERNSTEIN arr. CZARNECKI/BROHN: West Side Story Suite