Overview
Watch live! The show is sold out, but you can watch our live video webcast below:
Hosted by Q2 Music’s Helga Davis, the event is the culmination of a 24-hour marathon of the quartet’s music on Q2 Music and will focus on some of the ensemble’s current repertoire, including the newest Under 30 Commission.
For 40 years, the Kronos Quartet—David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to re-imagining the string quartet experience. Kronos has performed thousands of concerts worldwide, collaborating with many of the world’s most intriguing and accomplished composers and performers, releasing more than 50 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, and commissioning more than 800 works and arrangements for string quartet.
Program
“Kronos at 40” / a film by Evan Neff
Nicole Lizée / Death to Kosmische *
Geeshie Wiley (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Last Kind Words +
Margarita Lecuona (arr. Osvaldo Golijov) / Tabú +
Mary Kouyoumdjian / Bombs of Beirut *
i. Before the War
ii. The War
iii. After the War
* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos