Alliance Française de Kotte presents Diotima in Colombo

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Diotima, an exceptional string quartet from France on tour in Asia will be present in Sri Lanka for a unique concert at the Galle Face Hotel on 25 September 2011.

Quatuor Diotima, whose name pays homage to the string quartet by Luigi Nono: ‘Fragmente Stille, an Diotima’, plays contemporary works as well as late 20th century classics through traditional string quartet repertoire.

Founded by graduates of the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires, Quatuor Diotima received the first prize at the London String Quartet Competition in 2000. The same year, they began a two-year residency at the European Centre for Chamber Music.

Quatuor Diotima's repertoire ranges from Haydn to the composers of our time, with a particular focus on the Classical period, French Romanticism, the early Twentieth Century, and a selection of major works from the last 50 years.

The programme they will perform at the Galle Face Hotel on 25 September is composed by the Quartet n°7 of Franz Shubert, the String Quartet of Claude Debussy and ‘From my life’, written by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana.

This unique concert in Colombo will take place thanks to the special partnership between the Galle Face Hotel and the Alliance Française de Kotte and the active support of Alcatel Lucent, Alstom, the Embassy of France, the Région Centre and the Institut Français of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs from France.

The concert will commence at 6.00p.m. with free entrance. Invitations and programmes can be obtained from the Alliance Française de Kotte office located at 139, Jawatte Road, Colombo 5.