Miguel Da Silva

Miguel da Silva was awarded first prize in chamber music and also for viola and won the first Prize of the International chamber music competition in Paris. His passion for string quartet led him to found the Ysaÿe Quartet with 3 of his friends. After winning the first prizes in Evian, the members of the Ysaÿe Quartet soon started an international career that led them throughout the world, from Japan to America. This brilliant thirty year career was brought to an end in January 2014, after a major series of concerts.
Miguel da Silva’s engagements either as a solo player or with his quartet have led him to most of the greatest concert halls in Europe and he has toured in Belgium, USA, Japan and Italy. He has appeared as a soloist with the best orchestras, and, as a very sought for chamber music player, his partners are among Michel Portal, Augustin Dumay, Henri Demarquette, Gary Hoffmann, Emmanuel Pahud,…
Member of ECMA and Artistic Director of Villecroze Musical Academy, Miguel da Silva teaches in Geneva and Paris, and is a master in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium.