Behind-the-scenes look at Gil recording Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Stéphane Denève as part of the second volume of Gil’s 1930s Violin Concertos release on Canary Classics

Gil at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. For this impromptu Bach mini-recital, the violin superstar momentarily became part of the art, bathed in the modish lighting and projections of a multimedia installation during the performance. A crowd packed the exhibit room to watch as Shaham launched into Bach’s third partita.

Gil Shaham performs Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Claudio Abbado at a live performance from the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sicily in 2002.