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Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers (1978–1999) had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and Joan Jeanrenaud on cello. Jennifer Culp replaced Jeanrenaud on cello in 1999. Jeffrey Zeigler replaced Culp on cello in 2005.
Recently, the Kronos Quartet began a commission process for composers under the age of 30, in the hope of bringing some of the talented young composers of our day to light.
Kronos specializes in new music and has a long history of commissioning new works. In fact, over 600 works have been created for the Kronos Quartet. They have worked with many minimalist composers including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Kevin Volans.
Kronos has collaborated with composers from diverse countries such as Franghiz Ali Zadeh from Azerbaijan and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Golijov is a MacArthur Fellow who has done compositions and arrangements for Kronos CDs such as Caravan and Nuevo.
Kronos covers a very broad range of musical genres: Mexican folk, experimental, pre-classical early music, movie soundtracks (Requiem for a Dream), jazz and tango. Kronos has even recorded adaptations of
Purple Haze, Flugufrelsarinn, Marquee Moon, and Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals.
Recently, the Kronos Quartet began a commission process for composers under the age of 30, in the hope of bringing some of the talented young composers of our day to light.
Kronos specializes in new music and has a long history of commissioning new works. In fact, over 600 works have been created for the Kronos Quartet. They have worked with many minimalist composers including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Kevin Volans.
Kronos has collaborated with composers from diverse countries such as Franghiz Ali Zadeh from Azerbaijan and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Golijov is a MacArthur Fellow who has done compositions and arrangements for Kronos CDs such as Caravan and Nuevo.
Kronos covers a very broad range of musical genres: Mexican folk, experimental, pre-classical early music, movie soundtracks (Requiem for a Dream), jazz and tango. Kronos has even recorded adaptations of
Purple Haze, Flugufrelsarinn, Marquee Moon, and Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals.
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headey And with Astor Piazzolla
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ChaosTheoryTing Wonderful show at the hackney Empire tonight, Black Angels was incredible!
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AdrianLw Admiring their Dracula and Requiem For A Dream works.
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fullhellse beyond epiness *-*
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lucaspaiao You're so fantastic. You make me fall in a deep secret world inside of me.
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Emtay13 Sooooo epic <3
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Mar
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Kronos Quartet: Sun Rings
Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Dec
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ATP curated by The National
Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, United Kingdom
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Dracula: The Music and Film
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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News
Songs For Unusual Creatures
16 May 2012 | from kronosquartet.org/
Michael Hearst’s
Songs For Unusual
Creatures
- which features the Kronos Quartet on two tracks - is out
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To celebrate some of the most bizarre animals on the planet (as
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- 2012 Summer Tour Announced! 11 May 2012 | from kronosquartet.org/
- Stylophone + Dan Bau + Inuit throat singing? 12 Apr 2012 | from kronosquartet.org/
- Stylophone + Dan Bau + Inuit throat singing? 12 Apr 2012 | from kronosquartet.org/
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