Miguel da Silva began his musical studies at an early age at the Conservatoire National de R\u00e9gion in his hometown of Reims. He later entered the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied with Serge Collot. He was awarded First Prizes in both Chamber Music and Viola, the latter unanimously and with the jury\u2019s special distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1985, he won First Grand Prize at the Paris International Chamber Music Competition in the sonata category and joined the Orchestra of the Paris Opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Passionate about the string quartet from an early age, Miguel da Silva left the Paris Opera in 1987 to found the Ysa\u00ffe Quartet with three close friends. The ensemble then pursued advanced studies in Cologne with the Amadeus Quartet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following a series of First Prize victories at major international competitions, including Portsmouth and \u00c9vian, the Ysa\u00ffe Quartet embarked on a distinguished international career, performing throughout Japan, the United States (including Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York), Israel and Europe, appearing at such prestigious venues as the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, Berlin, and at the Lockenhaus, Stresa and Salzburg festivals. The quartet concluded its remarkable journey in early 2014, when its members chose to pursue individual artistic careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a chamber musician, Miguel da Silva has collaborated with many of the world’s leading artists, including Michel Portal, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Paul Meyer, Leonidas Kavakos, Pierre Amoyal, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Antonio Meneses, Augustin Dumay, Henri Demarquette, Truls M\u00f8rk, Gary Hoffman, Pascal Rog\u00e9, Emmanuel Pahud, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Heisser and Christophe Coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has also appeared as soloist with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Polish Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre d\u2019Auvergne, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Orchestre National de Montpellier and the Pamplona Orchestra, under the baton of conductors including Peter Csaba, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Arie van Beek and Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside his performing career, teaching has always been central to Miguel da Silva\u2019s artistic commitment. In 1993, at the Conservatoire National de R\u00e9gion de Paris (now the Conservatoire \u00e0 Rayonnement R\u00e9gional de Paris), he and his colleagues from the Ysa\u00ffe Quartet founded France\u2019s first dedicated string quartet class. Their students\u2014including the \u00c9b\u00e8ne, Modigliani, Voce and Herm\u00e8s Quartets from France, as well as the Aviv Quartet (Israel), the Incanto Quartet (Switzerland) and the Diff\u00e9rence Quartet (Latvia)\u2014have since won many of the world\u2019s leading international string quartet competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to directing the string quartet class at the CRR de Paris, Miguel da Silva regularly gives masterclasses at the Acad\u00e9mie Musicale de Villecroze, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Acad\u00e9mie Maurice Ravel in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Banff Centre (Canada), the Savonlinna Music Academy (Finland) and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also serves as Artistic Advisor to the Acad\u00e9mie Musicale de Villecroze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since September 2009, following two seasons teaching viola and chamber music at the Musikhochschule L\u00fcbeck, where he succeeded Walter Levine, Miguel da Silva has been Professor of Viola at the Haute \u00c9cole de Musique de Gen\u00e8ve. He also teaches regularly for the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and the International Summer Academy (ISA) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miguel da Silva is currently Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, alongside distinguished artists including baritone Jos\u00e9 van Dam, violinist Augustin Dumay, pianist Louis Lortie, cellist Gary Hoffman and the Artemis Quartet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13433,"template":"","discipline":[106],"class_list":["post-13434","teacher","type-teacher","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-alto-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n