{"id":17521,"date":"2024-08-12T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T02:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/?p=17521"},"modified":"2024-08-12T23:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T03:10:16","slug":"34th-anniversary-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaearts.org\/US\/34th-anniversary-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"34th anniversary Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We celebrate 34 years<\/strong><\/span> dedicated to promoting the best of Venezuelan and US cultures trough bi-national cultural, educational, and social programs.<\/p>\n

Click here for board resolution and photos of our founding event<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Paez Medal of Art<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

Bestowal Ceremony<\/span><\/h3>\n

VAEA Spring Gala<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Last June 5, 2024 we had the great pleasure to bestow our highest award to<\/p><\/h1><\/div>

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JOSHUA BELL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE PAEZ MEDAL OF ART 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In recognition of his unwavering commitment to music education and his unparalleled contribution to his craft as one of the most celebrated artists of our era.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Joshua Bell photo by Shervin Lainez<\/h6>\n

About Joshua Bell<\/span>
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With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and continues to maintain engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.<\/p>\n

Bell\u2019s highlights in the 2023-24 season include an international tour of his newly-commissioned project, The Elements, featuring works by renowned living composers. The work will receive its premiere performances with the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Bell will release his new album, “Butterfly Lovers,\u00a0on Sony Classical in summer, 2023”.<\/p>\n

Bell will also lead the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on tour in Australia and throughout the United States.<\/p>\n

He will appear as artist-in-residence this season with the NDR Elbphilharmonie, and as guest artist with the New Jersey Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Philadelphia Orchestra, and more.<\/p>\n

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell began playing the violin at age 4, and at age 12, began studies with his mentor, Josef Gingold. At age 14, Bell debuted with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 17 with the St. Louis Symphony. At age 18, Bell signed with his first label, London Decca, and received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the following decades, Bell has been nominated for six GRAMMY\u00ae awards, named \u201cInstrumentalist of the Year\u201d by Musical America, a \u201cYoung Global Leader\u201d by the World Economic Forum, and has received the Avery Fisher Prize. He also received the 2003 Indiana Governor\u2019s Arts Award and in 2000 was named an \u201cIndiana Living Legend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bell has performed for three American presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court. Bell also participated in President Barack Obama\u2019s Committee on the Arts and Humanities\u2019 mission to Cuba, performing on an Emmy-nominated PBSLive from Lincoln Center special; Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, celebrating renewed diplomacy between Cuba and the United States.<\/p>\n

Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Press release<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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About the P\u00e1ez Medal<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

The P\u00e1ez Medal of Art is awarded to individuals or groups that have had an impact on, and contributed to the excellence, growth, support and dissemination of the arts in Venezuela and the United States.<\/p>\n

Previous recipients have included:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Empresa Polar, and its founder\u00a0Leonor Gimenez de Mendoza\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Canadian-American architect\u00a0Frank Gehry\u00a0and Venezuelan Architect\u00a0Jimmy Alcock\u00a0in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Filmmakers\u00a0Julian Schnabel\u00a0and Venezuelan\u00a0Margot Benacerraf\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venezuelan conductor\u00a0Gustavo Dudamel\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u2022 American writer\u00a0Bob Colacello\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venezuelan sculptor\u00a0Marisol Escobar\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u2022 American photographer\u00a0Annie Leibovitz\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venezuelan art advocate\u00a0Sofia Imber\u00a0in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u2022 American theater stage director and playwright and visual artist\u00a0Robert Wilson\u00a0in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venezuelan visual artist\u00a0Carlos Cruz-Diez.<\/p>\n

Click play on the video to meet our awe-inspiring honorees.<\/p>\n<\/div>