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30th June 2022

Date: June 30, 2022

Time: 20:30

Location: Deia - Espagne

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Festival International de Musique de Deia

 

Gilles Apap (Francia), violin

Camerata Deia

Susan Waterbury (USA), violin

Alfredo Ardanaz, violín

Enrique Pastor, violín

Pablo Albornoz, violín

Byron Wallis (USA), viola

Fernando Villegas, viola

Andrew Smith (USA), violonchelo

Andrew Luchansky (USA), violonchelo

Rosa Cañellas, violonchelo

Obras de Shostakovich, Dvorak y Mendelssohn

 

Lien : https://dimfentradas.com/?store-page=30-de-junio-20-30-p454696751

3rd July 2022

Date: July 3, 2022

Location: St Germain-en-Laye - France

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Hommage à Ivry GITLIS – 100e anniversaire

VIVALDI Antonio : Concerto pour 4 violons (10 min) | Eva ZAVARO (violon 1), Gilles APAP (violon 2), Vinh PHAM (violon 3) & Thomas LEFORT (violon 4) et les jeunes talents du Conservatoire de Paris

DE FALLA : Danse Espagnole (extrait de La Vida Breve) (4 min) | Gilles APAP & Itamar GOLAN

FAURÉ Gabriel : Berceuse (3 min) | Gilles APAP & Itamar GOLAN

Air de Bluegrass (2 min) | Gilles APAP & Itamar GOLAN

 

https://www.lesetoilesduclassique.fr/portfolio-item/hommage-a-ivry-gitlis-100e-anniversaire/

5th July 2022

Date: July 5, 2022

Location: Imola - Italie

Duo Gilles APAP & Myriam LAFARGUE

6th July 2022

Date: July 6, 2022

Location: Reggio Emilia - Italie

Duo Gilles APAP & Myriam LAFARGUE

9th July 2022

Date: July 9, 2022

Location: Blaricum - Pays-Bas

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Blaricum Music Festival

Gilles APAP & Blaricum Chamber Orchetra

https://www.blaricumfestival.com/ticket/orkestconcert-5-08-07-st-vituskerk/

12th July 2022

Date: July 12, 2022

Time: 20.30

Location: St Cirq Lapopie - France

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« Sur la route de la paix »

Classique, jazz, musiques du monde

La Fourdonne, St-Cirq Lapopie

Gilles APAP et l’ensemble de Chambre de Toulouse

Sur la route de la paix – 12 juillet, 20h30, St-Cirq Lapopie, la Fourdonne

13th July 2022

Date: July 13, 2022

Time: 21.00

Location: Toulouse - France

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Concert dans le cadre du Festival de Toulouse

  • Gilles Apap, violon
  • Guillaume Hersperger, piano

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15th July 2022

Date: July 15, 2022

Time: 21.00

Location: Aubenas - France

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Festival Cordes en Ballade

La folle nuit Gipsy !

The Colors of Invention
Gilles Apap : violon
Myriam Lafargue : accordéon
Philippe Noharet : contrebasse
Ludovit Kovac : cymbalum

La folle nuit Gipsy ! (Soirée des artistes Spedidam)

20th July 2022

Date: July 20, 2022

Time: 21.00

Location: Stresa - Italie

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Stresa Festival (Lungolago La Palazzola)

Duo Gilles APAP & Myriam LAFARGUE

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24th July 2022

Date: July 24, 2022

Location: Paris - France

Gilles APAP & le Quatuor Zaïde

25th to 31st July 2022

Start date: July 25, 2022

End date: July 31, 2022

Location: Nice - France

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WORKSHOP à l’Académie Internationale d’été

Gilles Apap : violon

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1st August 2022

Date: August 1, 2022

Time: 21.00

Location: Nice - France

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Carte blanche à Gilles Apap

Gilles APAP, Violon

Marie-Josèphe JUDE, Piano

Marie-Pierre LANGLAMET, Harpe

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4th August 2022

Date: August 4, 2022

Time: 11.00 - 21.00

Location: Epargnes, Cozes - France

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Les Jeudis Musicaux

11h :

Gilles Apap, violon Solo

 

21h :

Gilles Apap, Violon

Dana Ciocarlie, Piano

Quatuor Kadenza.*

 

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10th August 2022

Date: August 10, 2022

Location: Bredons - France

Les Amis de Bredons

Duo APAP & LAFARGUE

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“For me, you are the example of a musician of the 21st century. You represent the direction in which music should evolve; on the one hand, the patrimonial respect of the precious classical works […]; on the other hand, the discovery of contemporary [popular] music and its creative element, not only in the improvisation, but also in the interpretation.”

- Yehudi Menuhin

‘’Apap is still rather a hidden gem of the classical music world…he just doesn’t fit into any neat boxes’’

- Ariane Todes, August 2016

“Equally at home with Bartok and bluegrass, Mozart and the music of the Bulgarian ghettos, Gilles Apap is a violinist who defies categorisation.”

- Josef Woodard

Described by Yehudi Menuhin as ’’A true violinist of the 21st century’’, Gilles is known for his virtuosity, unique approach to music and the skill to bring joy to every concert hall. He delivers distinctive performances of the standard classical repertoire combined with genres such as jazz and folk from around the world and the result is unique programming merging the borderlines between musical styles.

Born in Algeria to a French family, Gilles started playing music at an early age and began his studies in France. Later, he moved to America and continued his studies at the Curtis Institute, choosing to settle in California. Very early in his career he decided to move away from the constraints of the international music industry, looking for his own way beyond the conventions and expectations related to a commercial career.

As a soloist Gilles has performed with orchestras such as Leipzig Gewandhaus, San Francisco and Vancouver Symphony, Hamburg Philharmonic, Boston Philharmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, Russian National Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, often play directing as well as performing an extensive list of violin concertos.

With his quartet ‘The Colors of Invention’ (violin, accordion, double bass and cimbalom), Gilles presents chamber music with fusion of classical pieces from Vivaldi, Ravel and Bartok with traditional folk tunes. The Ethno Jazz band ‘Meduoteran’ (violin, accordion and saz) is one of the most recent projects in which Gilles is involved, performing in various Jazz and folk festivals around Europe. ‘The Transylvanian Mountain Boys’ is another highly successful crossover band formed by Gilles, together they perform across the globe and have released 3 CDs for Sony Classical.  Gilles was taking the artistic leadership position at the Nordic Chamber Orchestra until the 2017/2018 season.

Gilles has also collaborated with the Celtic fiddler Kevin Burke, Indian violinist Dr. L. Subramanian, gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos, jazz violinist Didier Lockwood and contemporary flamenco dancer Belen Maya, amongst others.

Alongside performance, Gilles is very involved in education with his teaching philosophy connecting strongly with cultural diversity and the freedom of interpretation through improvisation which in August Ariana Todes, former editor of The Strad, reflected in an interview highlighting these eclectic aspects of his career

After participating in the International Menuhin Competition in 1985, Gilles established a lifelong relationship with Yehudi Menuhin. Together they worked on Gilles’ legendary cadenza of Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, which was filmed and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.  Known for his documentaries about Gould, Richter and Oistrakh, Monsaingeon directed two further films about Gilles Apap and his approach to music, and declared that the violinist’s “art represents music in its greatest possible purity.”

‘’MEDUOTERAN’’
ETHNO JAZZ BAND

Gilles Apap – Violin
Srdjan Vukasinovic – Accordion
Taylan Arikan – Saz

Meduoteran stands for authentic music and innovation that nowadays is rarely heard of in this reduced and primary form. Taylan Arikan and Srdjan Vukasinovic and Gilles Apap express their compositions with just 3 instruments and create new worlds of sound with baglama (anatolian lute), accordion and violin. The band presents collection of music from classic, jazz to ethnic music.

‘’COLORS OF INVENTION’’
QUARTET

Gilles Apap – Violin
Myriam Lafargue – Accordion
Philippe Noharet – Double bass
Ludovit Kovac – Cimbalom

The Colors of Invention, founded by Gilles Apap in 2000 is a chamber group with rather unconventional character, performing actively worldwide. Their repertoire includes various arrangements of classical works including Vivaldi ‘Four Seasons’, Ravel ‘Tzigane’, Kreiesler ‘Praeludium and Allegro’ to traditional folk and gypsy tunes.

‘GILLES APAP &
TRANSYLVANIAN MOUNTAIN BOYS’

The band shook the classical music scene with their unparalleled interpretations of classical works arranged for violin, viola, guitar and double-bass, interspersed with traditional folk tunes followed soon after by 3 CD recordings for Sony Classical.

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BACH TO THE FIDDLE — 2019
GKJ00119
Gilles Apap, violin and viola

Baroque, 20th Century, Irish, Swedish, Old-Time, and Jazz, it’s all on this CD! Some of Gilles’ favorite music is included here.

BACH, PART, BEETHOVEN – 2018
GKJ00118
Gilles Apap and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra

The otherworldly Fratres by Arvo Part, followed by a lively Bach Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe.  The CD is completed with the majestic Beethoven Violin Concerto.

GYPSY TUNES – 2012
GKJ00112
Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys

A completely new recording featuring some great music from the traditional gypsy repertoire and the jazz swing era. This CD includes a few remakes of tunes found on the group’s CDs from the 1990’s on Sony Classical.

SANS ORCHESTRE – 2008
GKJ00108
Gilles Apap and the Colors of Invention

Orchestral music by Ravel, Saint-Saens, de Falla, Mozart and Kreisler arranged for violin,
accordion, contrabass, and cymbalum.

FRIENDS – 2007
GKJ00107

Gilles playing and singing with friends.
Old-time, Cajun and bluegrass folk music

MUSIC FOR SOLO VIOLIN – 2006
GKJ00106

Gilles Apap
Bach and Ysaye sonatas, seasoned with traditional Irish and American tunes.

GILLES APAP AND THE SINFONIA VARSOVIA – 2003
GKJ00103

Bach, Kreisler, Mozart, Sheila Pop
Includes two versions of the Mozart cadenza.

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS – 2002
GKJ00102

Gilles and the Colors of Invention
The four concerti interspersed with traditional folk tunes from around the world, in a fresh version of this much-recorded work.

NO PIANO ON THAT ONE – 2001
GKJ001

Gilles Apap and the Colors of Invention, Corey Jamason, Marie-Pierre Langlamet Various encore favorites, including works by Sarasate, Faure, Gluck, Wieniawski, Kreisler, and Pop.

ENESCU, DEBUSSY, AND RAVEL – 1999
GKJ99

Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Gilles Apap and Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua
Three sonatas for violin and piano, with bonus “hidden” track.

APAP MASALA (Gilles Apap in India)

DVD in French and English, available with German, French and English
subtitles.
NTSC Only

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