Joshua Bell,
the violin prodigy who grew into what some call a classical-music rock
star, has taken the helm of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Bell is the orchestra's first music director since Sir Neville Marriner,
who created the group.
On his first tour
with the group as both music director and conductor, Bell plays the
violin while conducting the orchestra simultaneously, gesturing with his
bow. And he leads from the concert master's chair, rather than the
podium, which seems unusual to some audiences.
But
the ASMF orchestra "really knows how to read those sorts of cues," he
tells NPR's Neal Conan. In fact, Bell says, Marriner originally led the
orchestra from the violin, too.
"So this orchestra, their roots come from being directed from the chair," he says. "Not with a stick."
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