| Event Name: | quatuor diotima - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival |
| Description: | Oscar Bianchi Adesso (hcmf co-comimission) World Premiere
Thomas Simaku String Quartet No 4 World Premiere
James Dillon String Quartet No 6 UK Premiere
Quatuor Diotima:
Yun-Peng Zhao violin
Vanessa Szigeti violin
Franck Chevalier viola
Pierre Morlet cello
Demonstrating their ongoing enthusiasm for performing new commissions, Quatuor Diotima present a trio of fresh pieces. Dillon's association with hcmf stretches right back to the first festival in 1978, whilst Diotima brought Thomas Simaku's Radius - String Quartet No 2 to hcmf two years ago. Oscar Bianchi, meanwhile, is a former Gaudeamus prize winner whose densely textured music is rich with dramatic tension.
Produced by hcmf
Adesso was commissioned by hcmf Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Archipel Festival des Musiques d'aujourd'hui, Geneva.
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| Type of Event: | Music Events - Concerts - Bands - Gigs |
| Event Agenda: | The UK’s largest festival of new and experimental music is winner of the UK’s most prestigious award for live classical music. In 2010 hcmf was recognised by the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards judges as ‘... a shining example of global ambition’.
The hcmf presents a programme of world class events including concerts, installations, multi-media presentations, exhibitions, workshops, talks and films.
Several German ensembles have been invited again this year.
Tickets £15 (£13 concession; £10 online)
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| Event Location: | St Pauls Hall |
| Event City: | Huddersfield |
| Type of Venue: | Cityhall - Townhall |
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| Event Start Date | 26-Nov-11 |