Next up in the North Dakota Museum of Art's ongoing concert series will be the Diotima Quartet with a 2 p.m. Sunday performance at the museum on the UND campus.
Diotima Quartet, founded by graduates of the Paris and Lyon conservatories, was awarded first prize at FNAPEC 2000, a competition for musical ensembles in Europe. That same year, they began a two-year residency at the Centre Europen de Musique de Chambre, Fontainbleau.
Diotima has performed internationally and appeared at many of the major concert venues and music festivals across Europe. Concert tours have taken them farther afield, to Japan, the U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America, China and Korea.
Diotima's core mission is bringing new works to life by performing music of our time, a news release said. They have given première performances of new quartets by Pauset, Dillon, Kyburz, Durand and many more.
Diotima has received multiple "Diapason d'or" awards for its recordings. The most recent one -- quartets of George Onslow on the Naïve label -- was awarded the January 2010 "Diapason d'or" and DC of the month.
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Members of the quartet are Naaman Sluchin, violin; Yun-Peng Zhao, violin; Franck Chevalier, viola; and Pierre Morlet, violoncello.
Tickets for the Concert Series are available at the door or in advance at the North Dakota Museum of Art. At the door, non-member tickets are $15 and tickets for members are $13. Student and military tickets are $5 at the door and children (middle school-age and younger) are admitted free.
For this concert, members of the Youth Symphony will be admitted free. Simply state your name at the door and mention the Youth Symphony.
Diotima will play a second concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Mayville (N.D.) State University classroom building. Tickets will be $12.50. Call (701) 788-4742.
