Celtic Fiddle Festival with special guest Gilles Apap
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, and Andre Brunet, fine fiddlers all, and Ged Foley on guitar together make Celtic Fiddle Festival. Just added: classically-trained violinist turned folkie fiddle aficionado Gilles Apap! Carrying on a tradition begun in 1992, when Irish fiddling great Kevin Burke teamed up with Scottish fiddler, the late Johnny Cunningham, the current lineup features Kevin along with Christian Lemaitre, an unsurpassed master of traditional Breton fiddle, and the dynamic young Quebecois player Andre Brunet, formerly of La Bottine Souriante. Gilles Apap, a protege of Yehudi Menuhin, seemingly effortlessly applies his impeccable classical technique to traditional Irish tunes with fluid and joyfully spontaneous results. Guitarist Ged Foley (Battlefield Band, The House Band, Patrick Street) is more than an honorary member of the fiddle festival: his driving rhythms provide the glue that helps bind and unify the musicians, and he has been known to round out the sound further with his strong vocals.
"Among the world's greatest Celtic fiddlers.
Whether alone or รก trois, they possess a breathtaking virtuosity." (Philadelphia Weekly)
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Gilles Apap (b. May 21, 1963) is a violinist who plays gypsy music, swing, Irish music, and bluegrass music, as well as the masterpieces of classical music.
Born in Bougie, Algeria, he was raised in Nice, France. In 1985 he won the first prize in the...
Gilles Apap is VERY impressive!
by bcorner Mon, 10/30/2006 - 3:41pmI've been listening to a bunch of Gilles Apap recordings here at the Cedar over the past week, and I have to say I am VERY impressed! Been a long time (if ever) since I've heard a violinist/fiddler tackle such a broad range of music with such stunning results, gliding from Bach to trad Irish tunes back to Bach again, leaping from Vivaldi to Romanian dance tunes seamlessly and flawlessly, and capturing vividly the passion and all the nuances of the eclectic material. Check out the Gilles Apap Mozart cadenza video in the Related Links section and see if you've ever seen a violinist play like that! Highly recommended--and of course, the rest of the fiddlers in Celtic Fiddle Festival are no slouches either...
Brian at the Cedar
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by steve (not verified) Mon, 09/11/2006 - 11:52amThank you very much.
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Oh man, I'm terribly
by Steve (not verified) Tue, 09/05/2006 - 10:34pmOh man, I'm terribly excited to go see you guys on the 9th. In fact, I've been waiting anxiously for the tickets to go on sale.
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