Small Change: Trailblazing Quatuor Diotima Revises French Embassy Program For April 12

Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.

New Program:

Ana Lara (commissioned by the Auditorium du Louvre) - Au-delà du visible

Ramon Lazkano (b. 1968 San Sebastian, Basque region) - Lurralde

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Oscar Bianchi (b. 1975 Milan) - Quartet no. 6

Gyorgy Ligeti (1945 Transylvania region, Romania) - Quartet no. 2


Replacing:

Smetana Quartet #1 "From My Life"

--Intermission--

Manoury "Tensio" for string quartet and electronics

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The Quartet has given première performances of new quartets by Pauset, Dillon, Kyburz, Durand, Lévinas, Mochizuki, Durieux and Posadas.