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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 , Hank Dutt on and Joan Jeanrenaud on . 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 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 , , pre-classical early music, (Requiem for a Dream), and . 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

    February 2012
  • ChaosTheoryTing

    Wonderful show at the hackney Empire tonight, Black Angels was incredible!

    January 2012
  • AdrianLw

    Admiring their Dracula and Requiem For A Dream works.

    January 2012
  • fullhellse

    beyond epiness *-*

    August 2011
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    You're so fantastic. You make me fall in a deep secret world inside of me.

    April 2011
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    so good last night

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    Sooooo epic <3

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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 now! Listen and purchase here. To celebrate some of the most bizarre animals on the planet (as …

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