Gilles Millet
Gilles Millett took second prize in the International Bach Competition in Paris in 1986 and the following year began to study at the Paris Conservatoire. He graduated in 1991, his teacher having been Régis Pasquier. He has been Professor of Violin at the Lyon Conservatoire and at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent. Currently he teaches in Amsterdam at the Netherlands StringQuartet Academy and in Belgium at the Namur Music Institute. Millet also teaches regularly in other places in Europe, the United States and Asia. He plays with the Danel Quartet, which tours the world giving more than 80 concerts each year and has appeared at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Bozar arts centre in Brussels, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, New York’s Frick Collection, and the Philharmonie de Paris. The Danels also regularly appear at well-known chamber music festivals and they collaborate closely with several ensembles, soloists and composers.Programme
Thu
25.7.
25.7.
Sebastian Fagerlund (1972):
Octet 'Autumn Equinox' (2016)
Danel-kvartetti
Tue
23.7.
23.7.
Tue
23.7.
23.7.
Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):
String Quintet in G, Op. 77 (1875)
Tue
23.7.
23.7.
André Caplet (1878—1925):
Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet (1919)
Wed
24.7.
24.7.
Anna Clyne (1980):
Prince of Clouds, double concerto for two violins and strings (2012)
Thu
25.7.
25.7.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840—1893):
String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 (1871)
Sat
27.7.
27.7.
Franz Schubert (1797—1828):
String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 'Quartett-Satz' (1820)
Sat
27.7.
27.7.
Franz Schubert (1797—1828):
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 'Rosamunde' (1824)
Sat
27.7.
27.7.
Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):
Finale: Allegro con spirito from String Quartet in D, Op. 50 No. 6 'Frog' (1787)