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Joshua Bell

event_note Friday - April 24, 2026 | 7:30 PM
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Joshua Bell, violin
Shai Wosner, piano

Before the 2026 Gilmore Festival officially kicks off, celebrated violinist Joshua Bell returns to Kalamazoo for a special recital program with pianist Shai Wosner, previously seen on The Gilmore’s Rising Stars Series. The two have performed together to wide acclaim on numerous recital tours in the great concert halls of the United States and Europe. They will treat Gilmore audiences to a program of Romantic and early-20th-century violin sonatas by Schubert, Grieg, and Prokofiev, as well as additional surprise works to be announced from the stage.

The Gilmore presents this recital in honor of the Stulberg International String Competition’s 50th anniversary, of which Bell was gold medalist in 1981.

Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm with Dr. Zaide Pixley in Room 130

Program

F. SCHUBERT

  • Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Major D. 574 (“Grand Duo”)

E. GRIEG

  • Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45

S. PROKOFIEV

  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94

M. RAVEL

  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major

About This Event

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Genre

Chamber Music

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Pre-Concert Talk

6:30 pm

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Surface Lot, Street Parking

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Duration

1 Hour 30 Minutes

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Intermission

Coffee and Cookies

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