Gilles Colliard

Gilles Colliard – VIVALDI: The four seasons (2024)
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Soloist, composer, conductor and pedagogue, Gilles Colliard is a complete musician.

Born in Geneva in 1967, Gilles Colliard studied violin at the Superior Conservatory of Music where he obtained a 1st prize for virtuosity in the class of Jean-Pierre Wallez before perfecting his skills with Tibor Varga.

Since the age of 15 he has been performing as a soloist and chamber musician all over the world.

He performs the concertos of Mozart, Bruch, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Beethoven, Paganini, Bartók, Mendelssohn with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the London Soloist Chamber Orchestra, the Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival Orchestra of North Carolina, the Concentrus Hungaricus of Budapest at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, at the Academy of Frédéric Chopin in Warsaw…

At the age of 18, Gilles Colliard is 1st concertmaster of the Vocal and instrumental Ensemble of Lausanne, 1st concertmaster of the Camerata of Geneva, 1st concertmaster of the Sinfonietta Orchestra of Lausanne and becomes at the age of 22 the 1st concertmaster of the Biel Symphony Orchestra.

His passion for Baroque music directs him at a very young age to an in-depth study of this repertoire on period instruments. He created the ensemble Amarcordes with the harpsichordist Michel Kiener and then performed with Gustav Leonhardt while perfecting with Marie Leonhardt.

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Gilles Colliard – LOUIS GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN, Vol.2: Amusement Op.18, Gilles Colliard. (2024)
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One of the features of European music of the 17th century was the antagonism between the French and the Italian styles. Jean-Baptiste Lully was appointed to create a French alternative to Italian opera which conquered most of Europe. However, the antagonism did not confine itself to opera. There was also a strong difference in the field of instrumental music. In Italy the emergence of a new style around 1600 resulted in a large repertoire of technically demanding music for single instruments, and especially the violin. In contrast, in France the latter instrument was only used in the orchestra and for dance music. It was towards the end of the century that composers started to write music for violin that required an extended playing technique. Among them were François Couperin and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Gilles Colliard – LOUIS GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN, Vol 1: Douze Caprices Op.18, Gilles Colliard. (2024)
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One of the features of European music of the 17th century was the antagonism between the French and the Italian styles. Jean-Baptiste Lully was appointed to create a French alternative to Italian opera which conquered most of Europe. However, the antagonism did not confine itself to opera. There was also a strong difference in the field of instrumental music. In Italy the emergence of a new style around 1600 resulted in a large repertoire of technically demanding music for single instruments, and especially the violin. In contrast, in France the latter instrument was only used in the orchestra and for dance music. It was towards the end of the century that composers started to write music for violin that required an extended playing technique. Among them were François Couperin and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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