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Diderot String Quartet

"Diderot String Quartet - named after the eighteenth-century French philosopher and Boccherini enthusiast Denis Diderotbrings a fresh approach to works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Diderot came together in 2012 after having first met at Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School. The four musicians share a background in historical performance and a passion for the string quartet genre; they found the thrill of exploring the quartet repertoire on period instruments to be irresistible.

Diderot String Quartet has served as guest faculty for Oberlins Baroque Performance Institute, and been in residence at Aldeburgh Music in the U.K and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (New York City), and has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art and Carmel Bach Festival. Other notable events include the recent premiere of Diderots first commissioned workSmall Infinities by composer Lembit Beecherand the release of the groups recordings of Mozart and little-known composer Hyacinthe Jadin.

Recent and upcoming engagements for Diderot String Quartet include Friends of Chamber Music Vancouver and Early Music Vancouver, Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music (NE), Music Before 1800 (New York City), Chamber Music Corvallis (Corvallis, OR), Early Music Society of the Islands (Victoria, BC), Music in the Somerset Hills (Bernardsville, NJ), Hemet Community Concert Association (Hemet, CA), Academy of Early Music (Ann Arbor), Fullerton Friends of Music (Fullerton, CA), Electric Earth Concerts (Peterborough, NH) and St. Cecilia Music Series (Austin, TX). The quartet also enters a fourth year as Quartet in Residence at the Washington National Cathedral." - Diderot Quartet