Miguel Da Silva
The French-Swiss violist Miguel da Silva has notched distinguished accomplishments as a chamber musician, with the Ysaÿe Quartet, as a solo player, and as an educator. Silva was born in Reims, France, on January 7, 1961 and was accepted for studies at the National Conservatory of Reims as a child. He went on to the National Conservatory of Paris, studying with Serge Collot and taking top prizes in viola and in chamber playing. He would continue to pursue these dual career strands. Silva won the First Grand Prix at the International Chamber Music Competition in Paris in 1985 and around the same time joined the Paris Opera Orchestra. Two years later he departed and joined with three friends to establish the Ysaÿe Quartet, which moved to Germany for studies with the Amadeus Quartet in Cologne. The ensemble won major prizes and toured widely, in the U.S. and Japan as well as in Europe, before disbanding in 2014 so that the members could pursue their own careers. The group also taught chamber music at the former National Conservatory of Paris. Silva has also played chamber music with other collaborators, including Paul Meyer, Leonidas Kavakos, Antonio Meneses, Henri Demarquette, and Truls Mork, however, and this aspect of his career has continued. As a soloist he has appeared with the Sinfonia Varsovia of Warsaw, the Franz Liszt Orchestra of Budapest, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Poland, among other groups. As a teacher, Silva was active at the Academie Villecroze, at the University of Southern California, at the Hochschule für Musik Lübeck, and at a variety of European festivals before his appointment as professor of viola at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition to his large catalog of recordings with the Ysaÿe Quartet, Silva has been heard with the Busch Trio on a cycle of Dvorak chamber works on the Alpha label, the second volume of which appeared in 2018. He has also been heard in duo albums on the Transart Live label. Silva was made a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters in 1999.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets
Lorenzo Gatto, Miguel Da Silva
Classical - Released by Fuga Libera on 6 Oct 2023
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Dvořák: Piano Quintets & Bagatelles
Busch Trio, Maria Milstein & Nathalia Milstein, Miguel Da Silva
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 8 Jun 2018
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Dvořák: Piano Quartets Op. 23 & 87
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 22 Sep 2017
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Brahms: Trio, Op. 114 & Sonatas, Op. 120
Miguel Da Silva, Xavier Phillips, François-Frédéric Guy
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 26 Mar 2021
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Souvenirs
Rolston String Quartet, Gary Hoffman, Miguel Da Silva
Classical - Released by Fuga Libera on 8 Nov 2019
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Bruch : DoppelKonzert für Violine, Viola & Orchester - Romanze für Viola & Orchester - 8 Stücke für Violine, Viola & Klavier
Guillaume Sutre, Miguel Da Silva, Bruno Fontaine, Stefan Sanderling, Orchestre De Bretagne
Classical - Released by TransArt Live on 1 Jan 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Duos pour violon & alto (Intégrale)
Guillaume Sutre, Miguel Da Silva
Classical - Released by TransArt Live on 1 Jan 2001
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Dirty Basslines (Radio Edit)
House - Released by Miguel da Silva on 1 Mar 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Little Girl
Dance - Released by 3rd Level Records on 23 Jul 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On The Dancefloor
Dance - Released by 3rd Level Records on 17 Jul 2021
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