Christian Hebel

Violinist Christian Hebel official website: Whether touring the world with rock and pop music legends, recording some of Hollywood’s biggest film scores, soloing with the worlds’s best orchestras, or lending his unique talent to the hottest Broadway shows, national television programs, and Grammy Award winning albums –Christian Hebel is doing just about as much as one man can with a violin.

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Jake Shears Album

Castle Rock on Hulu

342 Likes, 23 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Wanted to post about a new TV show I played on. It feels good to say I'm on a #jjabrams &..."

338 Likes, 8 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "In the studio recording the new season of @castlerockhulu . It's good! It's scary. It's Stephen..."

Love Means Zero

Diana Ross at the Hollywood Bowl

Song writing

94 Likes, 4 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Writing some songs and tracking some vocals. I love #writing #inthestudio #songwriter #studio..."

235 Likes, 13 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Wrote a killer song today with @brettnolan. I love writing and being in the studio. #songwriting..."

135 Likes, 1 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Writing a song with @mrhudson today."

The Voice

215 Likes, 12 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Having our rehearsal day for @nbcthevoice Some exceptional talent this season. #thevoice..."

210 Likes, 2 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Our Show Day #thevoice #thechairs #judges"

Love Simon - now in theaters

Young Arts Los Angeles - March 28, 2018

I am honored to direct a multidisciplinary performance as part of the new collaboration with CAP UCLA, YoungArts Los Angeles master classes. Hope you can come and enjoy the work of the region's most promising young artists. Learn more here.

Dance, Theater & Voice Performance
Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30PM
Royce Hall, UCLA
Director: Christian Hebel

158 Likes, 14 Comments - Christian Hebel (@christianhebel) on Instagram: "Tech rehearsal and dress rehearsal and opening night in one day!!! @youngarts @ucla @cap_ucla..."

David Bowie Tribute - February 28, 2018

It was such an honor to be one of the featured guests last night with the David Bowie band celebrating his music and legacy. Such a great night.

Exciting news....THE MUSIC…THE MEM’RIES…THE MAGIC! on Netflix & CD

I'm extremely excited to share our concert event with all those who didn't make it out to one of our shows this past year. Coming to Netflix on Nov 22, 2017. Barbra Streisand in concert!!! She sounds incredible!

The concert CD will be released on December 8, 2017. The album is available in two versions: A single disc, 19-song album of memorable concert highlights, and a Deluxe 2 disc set featuring the entire concert performance. Streisand takes us behind-the- scenes while recording her recent #1 album: ENCORE Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Songs include career-spanning hits from Streisand's #1 albums, including songs from FUNNY GIRL, FUNNY LADY, YENTL, A STAR IS BORN, RARITIES, NEW MATERIAL, A SOARING DUET WITH JAMIE FOXX and more. To pre-order the CD, click here

"Love Means Zero" documentary orchestrated by Christian Hebel

It was exciting to orchestrate the soundtrack for this documentary which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It was ranked in the Top 10 films at TIFF by The Rolling Stone magazine. The documentary will premiere on SHOWTIME in 2018.

Love means zero is a documentary about the legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri. His tennis academy for youngsters was a groundbreaking training ground for generations of professional players; his take-no-prisoners approach to mentoring helped players ranging from the Williams sisters to a comeback-era Boris Becker achieve champion-level status; and his uncanny ability to wipe his memory clean regarding decades of bad decisions and one particular devastating break-up. Documentarian Jason Kohn (Manda Bala) keeps lobbing over-the-net questions off-camera – not for nothing was he an Errol Morris protege – and Bollettieri keeps bouncing them back with "I don't remember ... that's just Nick!" It's his evasiveness and silences around star pupil Andre Agassi, however, that speak volumes about this brash figure, and why this extraordinary portrait ends up only peripherally being about the sport and all about the art of burning bridges.

Jane Goodall Movie "Jane" screening at Hollywood Bowl

 Set to a rich orchestral score from world-renowned composer Philip Glass, the one-time-only event on Monday, Oct 9, will feature a live-to-film concert performed by a 54-piece orchestra and include special appearances by Brett Morgen, Philip Glass and the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall herself. I am honored to play at the film premiere of this movie.

Philip Glass -- who has written dozens of operas, ballets, theater music, symphonies, film scores, experimental theater and more -- had extraordinary footage to work with, featuring "characters" that were loving, protective, aggressive, mourning, jealous, nurturing, just like human beings.

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Directed by Brett Morgen, who made the music doc Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane chronicles the pioneering and tenacious life of Goodall, who left her home in England in 1960 to live in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, to study and research the little-known habits and behaviors of the chimpanzee population. Morgen had access to over 100 hours of never-before-seen 16mm footage shot by Dutch wildlife filmmaker -- and Goodall's future husband -- Hugo van Lawick, who died in 2002.

Monday night marked the Los Angeles premiere of the film, held at the Hollywood Bowl, and a star-studded group came out to pay tribute to Goodall's work and share what it has meant to them. Among the premiere's attendees were Angelina Jolie, Judd Apatow, Kate Bosworth, Ty Burrell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jane Lynch, as well as Goodall herself, now 83. The screening was also open to the general public, which sold out the venue with almost 18,000 attendees. 

I can not explain how powerful and moving it was to speak with Dr. Goodall after our concert at the Hollywood Bowl. I told her what a presence she was during my youth and how fascinated I was with chimpanzees and how she opened up human's perception of them. My mother taught me all about her life's work (which Dr. Goodall is still doing today at 83 years young). She shared with me how I should raise my son Henry and open his world up to conservation, the environment, climate change and our planet. She inscribed to him in the first book she ever wrote in 1961 and then wrote notes on the back of the book of things that I should teach Henry. She is such a Light! I love her.

New concerts in New York with Barbra Streisand

Back by popular demand - The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic… The Encore! Two new concerts added at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY on May 4, 2017 and Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on May 6, 2017.

I am so honored and excited to be her Solo Violinist once again for the New York concerts. I hope to see you there!

For ticket information, go to ticketmaster.com

Back out on tour!

So thrilled to go back out on tour with Barbara!

We are closing 2016 with some huge shows, and also taping a concert DVD and TV special. It's always great to play her phenomenal music, and outstanding arrangements as her solo violinist. Looking forward to these shows and hanging with Barbra and the band and our crew!

Tour dates include:
November 27: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
November 30: Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
December 3: Sunrise, FL – BB&T Center
December 5: Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena

Hope to see you out there!!

Second Tour with Barbra Streisand

Following the highly successful first jaunt of Barbra's tour The Music…the mem’ries…the magic! in August 2016, Barbra will bring her legendary live performances to Houston November 27, Tampa November 30, Ft. Lauderdale December 3,  and Miami December 5, 2016. I am so honored and excited to be her Solo Violinist once again for this second tour.

Click here  or go to the "current shows" page for the tour schedule and for ticket information.  I hope to see you in one of these cities!

Halloween at the Hollywood Bowl with Danny Elfman 2016

The Nightmare Before Christmas with Danny Elfman is returning to the Hollywood Bowl for Halloween this year. This is the fourth year I have played on this show and the second year at the Hollywood Bowl.  I am excited to be playing again with composer Danny Elfman.

The performances, scheduled for Oct. 28, 29 and 30 at the Bowl, will feature an orchestra and chorus led by conductor John Mauceri performing the soundtrack to the Tim Burton stop-motion animated movie live to screen. Come join the fun and hope to see you at the bowl!

For ticket sales, click here. 

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