Help Igudes­man and Joo set a WORLD record for the most danc­ing vio­lin­ists. Join the duo on stage of the Grosser Saal, Wiener Konz­erthaus as they ring in the 2012 New Year by mak­ing clas­si­cal music his­tory! Igudes­man & Joo are going to have 100 vio­lin­ists per­form their arrange­ment and chore­og­ra­phy of Morrison’s Jig, con­ducted by leg­en­drary Bond actor and UNICEF Good­will Ambas­sador, Sir Roger Moore. Other guests include vir­tu­osi Julian Rach­lin, Thomas Gan­sch, Georg Brein­schmid and Nadia Maleh. Apply here!:http://www.igudesmanandjoo.com/worldrecord/ Like us on Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/IgudesmanJooOfficial?sk=app_4949752878 Fol­low us on Twit­ter: https://twitter.com/igudesmanandjoo

Excerpts of the review by Mark Swed for the L.A. Times: Bernard Haitink and Gus­tavo Dudamel are big fans. Gidon Kre­mer is a some­time co-conspirator. Emanuel Ax has chased Joo around the piano and shoved him off the bench. The team turns the severe Russ­ian vio­lin­ist Vik­to­ria Mullova into “Viktoria’s Secret.” I was hop­ing, to no avail, Sat­ur­day for a sur­prise appear­ance by John Malkovich; a YouTube clip of his strait-laced music critic send-up with the pair is side-splitting. Since one clip is worth a thou­sand words, describ­ing the Igudes­man & Joo humor in detail would be to deflate its bril­liance. For the put-upon Igudes­man, think Jack Benny and Jascha Heifetz rolled into one. For the zany Joo, try an unholy Chico Marx, Vladimir Horowitz and Jerry Lewis mash-up. Through it all, Igudes­man & Joo per­son­ify the idea that with skill and devo­tion and a good nature and pre­fect comic tim­ing, we can do more than merely sur­vive, but enjoy our­selves. The vio­lin­ist and cel­list, it should be men­tioned, are music edu­ca­tion advo­cates. They pre­ceded Saturday’s show with mas­ter classes at UCLA and the Santa Mon­ica Acad­emy of Music. They must come back, and next time let it be big time. Hello, Hol­ly­wood Bowl. We need them maybe more than we know. CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE

Excit­ing stuff — I&J fin­ish their Cal­i­for­nia mini-tour with per­for­mances in Cuper­tino, in the Bay Area, Flint Cen­ter for the Per­form­ing Arts on the 21st of octo­ber at 8 pm. FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE. The final date is on the 23rd of octo­ber at 2 pm in Grass Val­ley in the Cen­ter for the Arts. FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE. Catch them if you can!

Igudes­man & Joo’s Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia debut is just around the cor­ner, start­ing with a per­for­mance at the Broad Stage, Santa Mon­ica on the 15th of Octo­ber at 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO SANTA MONICA. The next stop is the Car­pen­ter Per­form­ing Cen­ter in Long Beach on the 16th of Octo­ber at 2 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO LONG BEACH. And if you live in San Fran­cisco or near by, come to the Flint Cen­ter for the Per­form­ing Arts in Cuper­tino, merely a few miles away, where they will be per­form­ing on the 21st of Octo­ber at 8 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO CUPERTINO. And last but cer­tainly not least, I & J will barock and roll at the Cen­ter for the Arts in Grass Val­ley on the 23rd of Octo­ber for an after­noon per­for­mance at 2 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO GRASS VALLEY