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"   It&amp;#039;s not every day that you get the chance to hear a Grammy-winning musician give a live performance in said musician&amp;#039;s own home. But last night, violin virtuoso Joshua Bell offered a salon-style concert in the living room of his Gramercy duplex. The benefit, which kicked off a new partnership between two like-minded charities, Education Through Music and Music Unites, featured hors d&amp;#039;oeuvres from award-winning Bedford Post Inn chef Brian Lewis, complemented nicely by vino from Napa&amp;#039;s Far Niente Winery. The event was also in honor of Bell&amp;#039;s latest album, At Home With Friends, which represents a disparate blend of genres, deftly transitioning from &amp;quot;Eleanor Rigby&amp;quot; to Rachmaninoff (collaborators on the record include Sting, Kristin Chenoweth, Regina Spektor, Josh Groban, and Anoushka Shankar, among others)\u2014a quality that fits with Music Unites&amp;#039; mission to break down musical barriers. And if that wasn&amp;#039;t enough of a treat, guests were given gifts from Godiva on the way out. Stay tuned: Music Unites&amp;#039; youth choir will be performing a tribute to The Who at Carnegie Hall March 2. Click here for more information. \u2014Erin Clements Photo: Getty Images Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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