Diotima Quartet at Wigmore Hall

By Sam Wigglesworth, 23 October 2013

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 19 October 2013

Ferneyhough, String Quartet no. 2

Barraqué, Quartet (UK premiere)

Hosokawa, Distant Voices

Bartók, String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85

Quatuor Diotima

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.

*****

El Diotima brilla con intensidad con los Cuartetos de Bartók

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 15th October

El conjunto francés aborda la integral de cuartetos de Bartók con madurez y solvencia técnica y muestran la interesante evolución creativa del compositor húngaro.

*****

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Sam Wigglesworth

Sam Wigglesworth contributed reviews to Bachtrack from 2012 to 2014. He studied at King's College London and, after a brief period producing concerts at St John's Smith Square, began working at Faber Music in 2014. He was Artistic Director of the Principal Sound Festival in 2016 and 2018.