Diehn Concert Series: Apple Hill String Quartet

The Apple Hill String Quartet has earned accolades from around the world for their interpretive mastery of such traditional repertoire as Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, and Ravel - along with their special dedication to seldom heard masterworks and contemporary music. They have performed concerts extensively throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as part of Apple Hill's innovative Playing for Peace™ program. Education is an integral part of the quartet's mission and they conduct mini-residencies in embassies, communities, schools and universities, throughout the world. They also spend countless hours as dedicated teacher-performers at Apple Hill's renowned Summer Chamber Music Workshop, held each summer. As 21st-century musicians, the quartet is deeply committed to the commissioning of new works. Their recent commission by composer Daniel Sedgwick was premiered in 2009 and performed to critical acclaim throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Featured composers have included Victor Ullman (String Quartet #3, written in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp), Turkish composer Ekrem Zeki Ün, Armenian composers Alan Hovhaness and A. Zohrabian, Syrian composer Kareem Roustom, and American composers Roger Sessions, John Harbison, Tom Oboe Lee, Larry Siegel, and Charles Ives.

Tickets can be purchased online at http://oduartstix.com, or by calling(757) 683-5305 during regular box office hours.