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Gilles Zimmermann is a composer and multi-instrumentalist dedicated to the viola da gamba.
He creates an original form of contemporary improvised music, using
elements from medieval, world, jazz, contemporary music, as well as
various popular music, with no boundaries.
Gilles plays acoustic and electric
viola da gamba over laptop and Live Ableton. Apart from Western culture (Bach, Satie, Ravel, Monk to Hendrix and
Frank Zappa), his musical sources are European (from Ireland to the
Balkans through Andalousia), and Arabian, Indian and African.
After nearly 18 years of blues/rock/jazz guitar and bass, Gilles lived 8 years
in London, then moved to Bavaria and changed to the viola da gamba in
1993. It took him some years to (re-)gain the same level as on the guitar. The viola da gamba
changed his vision of music completely. Though he does like
some of the Baroque music for the viol, this music is not his world and
he wants to show all the facettes of this wonderful instrument in all
sorts of other musical contexts.
Gilles Plays with open-minded, mostly oriental musicians (Persian, Indian, Arabian).
The album The Missing Link features modern viola da gamba with Indian
and French musicians. Music comes from the muses, not the museums!
You can also find out more about Gilles on his website.
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![[The Missing Link by Gilles Zimmermann]](/music/Gilles%20Zimmermann/The%20Missing%20Link/cover_200.webp "The Missing Link by Gilles Zimmermann")
The Missing Link
Vocals removed:
![[The Missing Link (vocals removed) by Gilles Zimmermann]](/music/Gilles%20Zimmermann/The%20Missing%20Link%20%28vocals%20removed%29/cover_200.webp "The Missing Link (vocals removed) by Gilles Zimmermann")
The Missing Link (vocals removed)
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