Editing Gilles Apap

{{short description|French classical violinist}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Gilles Apap
| image = Gilles Apap par SpringPictures.jpg
| caption =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|5|21}}
| birth_place = [[Béjaïa]], Algeria
| death_date =
| origin = [[Nice]], France
| instrument = Violin
| genre = {{hlist|[[Classical music|Classical]]|[[Romani music|Gypsy]]|[[Swing music|Swing]]|[[Music of Ireland|Irish]]|[[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]}}
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1985–present
| label = [[Sony Music Entertainment]] [http://gillesapap.com/ Apapaziz Productions]
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.gillesapap.com/ www.gillesapap.com]
}}

'''Gilles Apap''' (born 21 May 1963) is a French [[classical music|classical]] [[violin]]ist. Born in [[Béjaïa]], [[Algeria]], he was raised in [[Nice]], France. In 1985 he won first prize in the contemporary music category at the [[Yehudi Menuhin]] Competition. He served as [[concertmaster]] with the [[Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra]] for 10 years, but has since focused on his career as a [[solo (music)|soloist]] with orchestras around the world.

A virtuosic violinist, Gilles is also known for his interpretations of traditional music from Eastern Europe to America, such as gypsy, Irish, swing or bluegrass.

He recorded three CDs in the 1990s with [[Sony Classical Records]], then formed his own company, ''Apapaziz Productions''. Since 1999, Apapaziz has recorded eight Gilles Apap CDs.

== 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)
* 1996 Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys: ''d'Ici & d'Ailleurs'' (Sony)
* 1999 ''Enescu, Debussy and Ravel with Eric Ferrand-N'Kaoua'' (Apapaziz)
* 2001 ''No Piano on That One'' (Apapaziz)
* 2002 ''Vivaldi's Four Seasons'' (Apapaziz)
* 2003 ''Mozart, Bach and Kreisler with The Sinfonia Varsovia'' (Apapaziz)
* 2006 ''Gilles Apap: Music for Solo Violin'' (Apapaziz)
* 2007 ''Friends'' (Apapaziz)
* 2008 ''Sans Orchestre'' (Apapaziz)
* 2011 ''Romanian Rhapsody'' (Edel Germany / Deutschlandradio) - Guest
* 2012 ''Gypsy Tunes… California Style That Is'' (Apapaziz)
* 2018 ''Rhapsodie roumaine'' (Solo Musica) - Guest
* 2018 ''Bach Beethoven Pärt'' (Apapaziz)
* 2019 ''Bach to the fiddle'' (Apapaziz)
* 2022 ''Impressions d'enfance'' (Solo Musica) - Guest

== Films ==
* 1993 ''The unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara'' ([[Bruno Monsaingeon]], Ideale Audience)
* 1993 ''Gilles Apap and Friends'' (Bruno Monsaingeon, Ideale Audience)
* 1993 ''[[Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould]]''
* 1999 ''Gilles Apap plays Mozart's Third Concerto'' (Ideale Audience)
* 2004 ''Apap Masala, Gilles Apap in India'' ([[Max Jourdan]], Ideale Audience)

== External links ==
* {{official website}}

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[[Category:1963 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century French violinists]]
[[Category:20th-century French male musicians]]
[[Category:French male classical violinists]]
[[Category:French fiddlers]]
[[Category:People from Béjaïa]]
[[Category:21st-century French violinists]]
[[Category:21st-century French male musicians]]