Hailed by the late Yehudi
Menuhin as “the violinist of the 21st Century”, Gilles Apap distinguishes
himself as a resolute iconoclast. A classical violinist at heart,
he defies logical career patterns with a musical repertoire including gypsy
music, swing, Irish, and bluegrass. His performances communicate
an insatiable curiosity and joie de vivre. Gilles Apap studied music
at the Nice and Lyon conservatories in France, and in 1985 after
being awarded the first prize in the contemporary music category at the
Yehudi Menuhin Competition, he was invited by Menuhin to perform at a concert
in Berlin in 1989. Menuhin described Apap as representing the direction
in which music should evolve: on the one hand respect for the precious
classical works, on the other hand, the discovery of contemporary (popular)
music and its creative element. A recent documentary about
Apap, “The Unknown Fiddler of Santa Barbara” , presents a young
man, happy to be playing, sharing his infectious enthusiasm with his young
students.
Gilles Apap will perform
at Womadelaide 2001 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, a program which
will include Bartok, Ravel, Mozart and more.
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