Les derniers quatuors de Beethoven à la Seine Musicale par le Quatuor Diotima

By Julius Lay, 11 March 2018

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“une clarté profondément admirable et touchante”

Reviewed at La Seine Musicale: Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, Boulogne-Billancourt on 10 March 2018

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.131

Quatuor Diotima

Constance Ronzatti, Violin

Yun-Peng Zhao, Violin

Franck Chevalier, Viola

Pierre Morlet, Cello

Diotima Quartet at Wigmore Hall

Sam Wigglesworth, 19th October

One notable absentee from the Southbank Centre’s celebration of the post-war avant garde earlier this month was Jean Barraqué, a composer whose tiny catalogue of works, whilst not as well known as those of his contemporaries, is a vivid reminder of just how diverse the period was stylistically.

****1

Janáček and Bartók: Quatuor Diotima at Musikfest Berlin

Dan Wang, 10th September

After a week of big orchestras and big works, Musikfest Berlin took a breath by returning to the Kammermusiksaal at the midway mark of the festival.

***11

Voicing early modernism: The Rest is Noise with Barbara Hannigan

Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, 24th January

Billed as “The soundtrack of the 20th century”, The Rest is Noise season of 2013 has now commenced at the Southbank Centre. Concert programmes scheduled throughout January have focused on the Second Viennese School and its infamous break with western tonality.

*****

Les Diotima remontent le temps au Festival de Quatuors du Luberon

Pierre Michel, 31st August

Impressionnant de cohésion et d'exactitude, le Quatuor Diotima a interprété une pièce d'aujourd'hui, rendu hommage à une œuvre centenaire puis célébré Ravel, né il y a 150 ans.

****1

El arte del Cuarteto Diotima brilla y fascina en el Festival Resis

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 3rd May

En el marco del Festival Resis de La Coruña, el Quatuor Diotima ofreció un brillante concierto en un espacio de magnífica acústica con obras clave del repertorio de las últimas décadas.

*****

Clausura del Festival Resis con Quatuor Diotima

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 6th May

Emocionante recorrido por la música para cuarteto de cuerda con Ligeti y Lachenmann que, enmarcando la impresionante Gran fuga de Beethoven, conformaron una sofisticada velada de música de cámara en manos del Quatuor Diotima.

*****

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Julius Lay

Professeur de formation musicale et de violon à l'Académie Inter-Musicale de Paris, Julius Lay est un musicien éclectique. Etudiant au conservatoire de Marseille, il y obtint son DEM de formation musicale ainsi que son baccalauréat technologique musical (TMD). Il eut son DEM de violon et de musique de chambre -notamment contemporaine- au conservatoire d'Aix-en-Provence. Il est actuellement en classe de composition électroacoustique au CRR de Paris chez Denis Dufour.