Gilles Apap, Eugène Ysaye, sonate n°3 , ballade

[oldvlc]

Having been a string player for 50 years, 30 of it professional, in my old age I find it tedious to compare players to themselves or others. We do the best we can. This guy is an imcomparable talent and I will leave it at that. That is not to say there have not been others as wonderful--the list is extensive, but each bring something different. However, I have never met a violinist who does not bow to the ground at the name of Jascha Heifetz.

[nanor56000]

Cette magnifique pièce est toujours une performance lorsqu'elle est interprétée.

Gilles la joue certes d'une façon personnelle mais qui ne manque pas de vie intérieur et de sensualité. Je préfère cela a un jeux ultra technique et aseptisé qui confond la performance violonistique à la suggestion aux voyages.

[mialtistou]

Euh ... normalement cette pièce est magnifique, il arrive à la rendre ridicule ... bravo.

[taiwan886]

an example of an artist before the artisan. love it.

[38kdd]

No matter what, he has his own style. That is the most important thing & I like it.

[varfordogjesus]

So true. And that appears in his music as well. Great feeling and great technique.

[VioliNicco]

O M G ;)

[lachnessmonster1]

i can't help but smile with him at the end :)

[Requiem77777]

Il exprime son excentricité avec grandeur et dignité et rappelle dans ce jeu que la musique est un dialogue avec l'âme et que pour "bien" jouer, il faut la vivre...

[Xeeth1337]

On his CD "Music for solo violin" Gilles Apap plays the Ballade much more better than in this video, but it's still amazing.

[hervemuraccioli]

This piece was not a part of the concert, only a demonstration for a different style of music.

[msj6403]

Even though it seems that the phrases in this piece are supposed to be all connected and flowing, I should say I personally like his interpretation and his own playing style.

[YoshiClone112]

wow. youBoob? that's retarded kid..

[rostagno]

notice the perfect fourths and fifths. it is not always perfect because it's a live performance but his virtuosity is obvious and his creativity without peer.

[egonsky]

omg here you can see whath an AMATEUR this guy really is Out of tune,uncontolled shifts,struggling with text,ununderstandable musical line, etc etc And the public swallows!

Where the F**** did this guy get his carreer from???! this Clown should go back raping the 3rd Mozart..dont try it on ysaye that doesnt work anymore.

[carloslaran]

this virtuoso studied at curtis. and back in the day he was praised by yehudi menuhin describing him as "the violinist of the 20th century". be careful. if only some today's great like bell, hahn etc played like this.

[carloslaran]

i meant to say 21st century. since these days we dont have a lot of innovative virtuosi.

[rostagno]

You obviously don't know and undoubtedly never played this piece. notice the perfect fourths and fifths. it is not always perfect because it's a live performance but his virtuosity is obvious and his creativity without peer.

[JimmyErnst]

I've seen people from curtis that play completely different from Hahn... there are different teachers with different styles there

[hervemuraccioli]

I know that his brother Jean Marc APAP was in this institute, and many other students of NIC E conservatory, si I think Gilles too.

I have asked him and wait the confirmation.

[hervemuraccioli]

I'll try to get some confirmation of this.

[carloslaran]

by the way apap is a curtis institute alumni.

[Amatiguarneri]

that's one of the lies in his biography. he never went to that school.

[carloslaran]

how do u know its a lie?

[carloslaran]

also if u really listen to him u can notice that he has no curtis training. i dont think that at curtis they would accept ysaye played like this. i mean its great but at curtis this would be "cheap and mediocre with no foundation"

[JimmyErnst]

what's curtis training?

[carloslaran]

curtis training is a term ive heard from several ppl. lately. it seems that ppl who go to curtis play differently basically like a hilary hahn. i was by several ppl. that based on the way apap plays he couldnt have gone to curtis for some reason.

[hervemuraccioli]

He never said he went to this school, I think that carloslaran is in confusion with :

"Alumni and Parents Admission Program"

[carloslaran]

i read in a strings magazine article about him that he fell in love with this american girl in paris and decided to move to the u.s. to be with her. he auditioned and got into curtis to continue his studies here. he was in his late teens/early 20s when this happened.

[carloslaran]

this guy plays ysaye and takes it to a class of its own just like vengerov. a hilary hahn would admire this

[sarovskia]

i know whats the violin is he playing,he told me,but ill not say it cz its a secret(im not lying)

[naumrenato]

in what violin is he playing?

[19931409]

J'ai eu un lecon avec Gilles...

[Jopolis07]

C'était bien passé? Est-ce qu'il est un bon professeur? Je l'ai entendu pour le premier fois aujourd'hui et franchement je veux qu'il m'enseigne!

[lolmanerik]

strange guys

[LevonCoates]

In terms of phrasing, it all seems very disjointed and in places lacking continuity. He cuts things short and comes up with some interesting bowings that result in some strange accentuations. The acoustics of the room are crap, and certainly the performance had a few intonation issues and clarity problems, BUT nevertheless I can't help but be drawn into this somewhat eccentric interpretation, AND amidst the whirlwind are glimpses of true virtuosity. He certainly has the facility.

[19931409]

ysaye isnt supposed to be continuous. go elsewhere, you obviously have no eye for true musical talent.