Quatuor Diotima

Tickets £19 // Concession £16 // Under 30 £5
Advance booking required

Quatuor Diotima:
Yun-Peng Zhao violin
Léo Marillier violin
Franck Chevalier viola
Pierre Morlet cello

Lisa Streich (Sweden, 1985)
STERNENSTILL (2020) 14’ UK Premiere

Lisa Streich (Sweden, 1985)
(ENGEL, . . .) NOCH TASTEND (2015) 20’ UK Premiere

Misato Mochizuki (Japan, 1969)
Brains (2016/17) 10’

Olga Neuwirth (Austria, 1968)
String Quartet No 1: Akroate Hadal (1995) 10’

Formed over 25 years ago by graduates of the Paris National Conservatory, the Quatuor Diotima has developed a formidable reputation as one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world today. The quartet has collaborated with numerous standout composers of the late 20ᵗʰ century including Pierre Boulez and Helmut Lachenmann, and continue to commission new works from the likes of Toshio Hosokawa, Rebecca Saunders and Mauro Lanza. In addition to this, the quartet are known for their refreshing interpretations of 19ᵗʰ and 20ᵗʰ century masterworks.

At hcmf// 2022, Quatuor Diotima will perform two pieces for string quartet by Swedish composer Lisa Streich: (ENGEL, …) NOCH TASTEND and recent work STERNENSTILL, both appearing in UK concert halls for the first time. Streich’s music finds itself negotiating deep, shadowy silences with sharp sonics that shatter them, these fragile sound environments precursing the internal, neurological concerns of Misato Mochizuki’s Brains, which imagines ensemble as nervous system. The first of Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth’s string quartets draws the programme to a close.

Produced by hcmf// supported by STIM in collaboration with Stim Forward Fund, Export Music Sweden, Västra Götalandsregionen, the Swedish Composers Society (FST) and the Embassy of Sweden; also supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Find out more about the Swedish programme at hcmf// 2022

Photo: Quatuor Diotima © Lyodoh Kaneko