Quatuor Diotima comes to Lanka
Ishara JAYAWARDANE
Musicians have bleeding hearts. They are passionate and on stage
their anger and intensity come out. Quatuor Diotima is not a rock band
and they specialize in the more soothing and classical music genres.
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Galle Face Hotel General Manager Jason
Cooley, French Embassy Press Assistant Dinusha Illeperuma,
Cultural Attache Aline Thibault and Alliance Francaise
Director Bertrand Dufieux. Pictures by Nissanka Wijeratne |
Quatuor Diotima has landed in Colombo and is set to take the city by
storm when they perform a musical program at the Galle Face Hotel on
September 25. Quatour Diotima, a well known household name in France, is
making inroads into the international music scene. Founded by graduates
of the Conservatoires of Paris and Lyon Quatuor Diotima has performed in
festivals and staged concerts all over Europe. Though it's extensive
touring, it has managed to gather an impressive following and to earn a
solid reputation worldwide.
Quatuor Diotima's repertoire ranges from Franz Joesph Haydn to
various composers of our time encompassing the Classical period, French
Romanticism, the early twentieth century, and a selection of major works
from the last 50 years.
The concert is in two parts, each part is 45 minutes.
For more information contact Alliance Francaise de Kotte;
[email protected].
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