Joshua Bell Awarded Avery Fisher Prize on April 10th

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Violin virtuoso Joshua Bell was presented the 2007 Avery Fisher Prize by actress Glenn Close at the Stanley Kaplan Penthouse at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on April 10. Paying tribute to Bell, who received a $75,000 honorarium and his name added to the list of past winners on a marble plaque installed at Avery Fisher Hall, were Nathan Leventhal, Chairman of the Avery Fisher Artist Program, Frank A. Bennack Jr., Chairman of Lincoln Center, Charles Avery Fisher and Nancy Fisher. Bell was previously honored with an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1986.
Held in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse of Lincoln Center’s Samuel B. and David Rose Building, the evening featured a tribute video to honor Joshua Bell by Live From Lincoln Center’s John Goberman and tribute remarks from Glenn Close. The performances by Career Grant recipients and tributes to Prize recipient Joshua Bell […]

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