Gilles Apap

Gilles Apap (born May 21, 1963 in Bougie , Algeria ) is a French violinist.

Life

The musician, who grew up in Nice , began playing the violin at the age of seven . He studied music in Nice at the Conservatoire de Musique with Gustave Gaglio and Lyon with Veda Reynolds, as well as at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and won the Yehudi Menuhin competition in 1985, in the contemporary music category , among other competitions .

Today Apap plays the classical and contemporary violin repertoire, but also traditional "Fiddl-Music" from Europe, America and India. Since 1991 he has also played with the "Transylvanian Mountain Boys", which still include Chris Judge , Brendan Statom and his brother Jean-Marc Apap . In Santa Barbara he was the concertmaster of the symphonic orchestra. Gilles Apap now lives in California .

Discography

• 1994: Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: Who? ( Sony )
• 1996: Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: Gilles Apap & the Transylvanian Mountain Boys ( Sony )
• 1997: Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: d'Ici & d'Ailleurs
• 1999: Enescu, Debussy and Ravel: Sonatas for violin and piano ( Apapaziz )
• 2001: No Piano On That One ( Appassionato )
• 2002: Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Fiddle Tunes
• 2003: Gilles Apap and The Sinfonia Varsovia

Movies

• 1993: The unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara (Director: Bruno Monsaingeon )
• 1993: Gilles Apap and Friends (Director: Bruno Monsaingeon )
• 1999: Gilles Apap plays Mozart's Third Concerto
• 2004: Apap Masala, Gilles Apap in India (Director: Max Jourdan )

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Works by and about Gilles Apap in the catalog of the German National Library