When Joshua Bell came to Centennial Hall two weeks ago, he played to a sold-out house. The audience watched with bated breath as the world’s preeminent violinist turned over complex Vivaldi melodies ...

In 2007, a man in a baseball cap pulled out his violin in a D.C. Metro stop. He was busking for spare change, his swift playing echoing off the walls of the train station as office-bound professionals ...

And I'm Michele Norris. Last night at Lincoln Center in New York City, violinist Joshua Bell claimed his $75,000 Avery Fisher Prize for classical music. Few doubt he earned it. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) ...