Event:

Quator Diotima
A classical night with renowned string quartet

Philam Life Theater, April 24, 8 P.M., FREE ADMISSION

Address:
Philam Life Building,
U.N. Ave. corner Maria Orosa
Ermita, Metro Manila, Philippines

Program:
Haydn Opus 20 no.1
Dvorak Quatuor américain
Beethoven Quatuor Opus no.132

     QUATUOR DIOTIMA has been performing on prestigious stages around the world and has won several prizes. The group has recorded two albums and was acclaimed "best new talent" at the Diapason d'Or in Paris. It is their aim to perform contemporary music and twentieth-century classics in the context of the Classical and Romantic string quartet tradition, and be equally immersed in the works of Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Janácek. On the occasion of their concert in Manila, Quatuor Diotima will conduct an afternoon workshop with student of the department of music of Universities of Manila. For more information contact Alliance Française de Manille.

     QUATUOR DIOTIMA, founded by graduates of the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires, was awarded first prize at the FNAPEC Competition, Paris in 1999, and the Contemporary Music Prize at the London String Quartet Competition in 2000, in which year, at the invitation of ProQuartet, they began a two-year residency at the Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre, Fontainebleau. The Quartet's name pays tribute to Luigi Nono's work Fragmente Stille, an Diotima, affirming their strong commitment to the music of our time, which they seek to present, whenever possible, within the context of the more traditional Classical and Romantic string quartet repertoire. From the outset Diotima were performing internationally; they have appeared at many of the major concert venues and music festivals across Europe including L'Auditorium du Louvre, Cité de la Musique, Berlin Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musica Strasbourg, Ars Musica Brussels, Musica Nova Helsinki, Archipel Geneva, Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Huddersfield Festival, Budapest Autumn Festival, Stockholm New Music, CDMC Madrid, and Centre Acanthes Metz. Concert tours have taken them further afield, to Japan, USA, Central and South America, to which they add Mexico and China/Korea this season. During the autumn of 2007 Dotima completed their four-concert residency at the Casa da Música, Porto – a panorama of music from the 18th century to the present day. The 2007/08 season also includes appearances at Festival d'Ile de France, Settembre Musica Torino/Milano, Festival ECLAT Stuttgart, Usher Hall Edinburgh and City Halls Glasgow, Opéra Bastille Paris, SaarlandischerRadio, and Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. In 2004 Diotima participated in the first performances of Birtwistle's The Io Passion in Aldeburgh and Bregenz and on tour in the United Kingdom. Bringing new works to life is an integral part of Diotima's work and they have given première performances of new quartets by Pauset, Dillon, Kyburz, Durand, Lévinas, Mochizuki, Durieux and Posadas. Their first major CD, Lachenmann's Reigen seliger Geister coupled with Nono's Fragmente-Stille, an Diotima (ASSAI 222 492) received a `Coup de coeur' from the Académie Charles Cros and a `Diapason découverte'. In 2004 they received the prize for `Jeunes talents' at the ceremony of the `Diapason d'or de l'année' in Paris. Recent recording projects include the quartets of Janácek and the little known quartets of Lucien Durosoir (1878-1955), as well as Schoenberg's highly virtuosic concerto for string quartet and orchestra.

Schedule:
April 24, 8 P.M.
Philam Life Theater

FREE ADMISSION

Official website:
http://www.quatuordiotima.fr

Organized by:
Alliance Francaise de Manille
Embassy of France
Philam Life

Sponsored by:
Veolia Water
Flying Blue - Air France - KLM
Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
BPI
ETDE