Gilles Apap, an electrifying violinist and musical innovator whom famed virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin called “a musician for the 21st century,” returns to the Chilkat Center auditorium for a performance with his trio 6 p.m. Saturday, April 23.

“His concerts are exhilarating and astonishing in terms of their virtuosity,” Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood said this week.

Apap, who has friends in Haines, has performed here previously. His trademark is swift transitions through disparate genres…