Gilles Apap
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Gilles Apap is a French violin
ist who plays Romani (gypsy) music, swing, Irish music, and bluegrass music
, as well as the masterpieces of classical music.
Born in Bougie, he was raised in Nice
, France
. In 1985 he won the first prize in the contemporary music category at the Yehudi Menuhin
Competition. He released a CD with Sony Classical in 1996 called Gilles Apap & the Transylvanian Mountain Boys. He has worked as the concertmaster of the Santa Barbara Symphony in California. He has played with the Irish fiddler Kevin Burke.
On his own label, Apapaziz, he has released Enescu
, Debussy and Ravel
: violin sonatas and, on Appassionato No Piano On That One in 2001.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist who plays Romani (gypsy) music, swing, Irish music, and bluegrass music
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
, as well as the masterpieces of classical music.
Born in Bougie, he was raised in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In 1985 he won the first prize in the contemporary music category at the Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
Competition. He released a CD with Sony Classical in 1996 called Gilles Apap & the Transylvanian Mountain Boys. He has worked as the concertmaster of the Santa Barbara Symphony in California. He has played with the Irish fiddler Kevin Burke.
On his own label, Apapaziz, he has released Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...
, Debussy and Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
: violin sonatas and, on Appassionato No Piano On That One in 2001.
Discography
- 1994 Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: Who? (SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
) - 1996 Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: Gilles Apap & the Transylvanian Mountain Boys (SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
) - 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
- 2006 Gilles Apap: Music for Solo Violin
Films
- 1993 The unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara (Regie: Bruno MonsaingeonBruno MonsaingeonBruno Monsaingeon is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist. He has made a number of documentary films about great twentieth-century musicians, including Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Piotr Anderszewski and Yehudi Menuhin. His interviews with Richter and with Nadia Boulanger...
) - 1993 Gilles Apap and Friends (Regie: Bruno MonsaingeonBruno MonsaingeonBruno Monsaingeon is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist. He has made a number of documentary films about great twentieth-century musicians, including Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Piotr Anderszewski and Yehudi Menuhin. His interviews with Richter and with Nadia Boulanger...
) - 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- 1999 Gilles Apap plays Mozart's Third Concerto
- 2004 Apap Masala, Gilles Apap in India (Regie: Max Jourdan)