One of the most celebrated and influential string quartets of our time
VENUE: The Auditorium, Hadley Stage
PRESENTER: Hancher – The University of Iowa
VENUE: Kobacker Hall
PRESENTER: Bowling Green State University
VENUE: Albany Entertainment Centre, Princess Royal Theatre
PRESENTER: Perth Festival
VENUE: The Auditorium, Hadley Stage
PRESENTER: Hancher - The University of Iowa

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Mỹ Lai
On March 16, 1968, the United States Army killed over 500 unarmed civilians in the hamlet of Mỹ Lai, Vietnam. The unimaginable brutality of the event impacted all those who witnessed it firsthand, including helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson, who, against orders, intervened to save Vietnamese lives. Thompson’s story is the basis of the opera Mỹ Lai, composed by Jonathan Berger (music) and Harriet Scott Chessman (libretto) for Kronos Quartet, Vietnamese multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, and vocalist Rinde Eckert. This recording of Mỹ Lai captures the visceral, phantasmal depictions of Thompson’s grief, horror, and guilt as he is haunted by persistent memories of that cataclysmic day, half a world and nearly four decades away. Tense and unforgiving, Mỹ Lai is “a gripping affair, beginning to end” (New York Times). Presented here alongside recollections by Vietnamese survivor Trần Văn Đức, it is a memorial to all the Mỹ Lai villagers killed on that grim day.
Kronos welcomes new cellist Paul Wiancko in 2023, succeeding Sunny Yang, who joined in 2013
After ten years with the Kronos Quartet, cellist Sunny Yang will leave the group at the end of January 2023 to pursue other projects. Cellist/composer Paul Wiancko will join the ensemble in February.
Kronos’ Fifty for the Future releases the final seven works — the collection is complete!
As part of Kronos’ 50 for the Future education initiative, free scores, parts, and more are now available for works composed by Rafiq Bhatia, Peni Candra Rini, Bryce Dessner, inti figgis-vizueta, Barry Guy, Angélique Kidjo, and Paul Wiancko. The collection is now complete!
Kronos releases three more string quartet scores
As part of Kronos’ 50 for the Future education initiative, free scores, parts, and more are now available for works composed by Sky Macklay, Aruna Narayan, and Terry Riley.
The Kronos Performing Arts Association is proud to present a free library of 50 contemporary works designed to guide string quartets in developing and honing the skills required for the performance of 21st century repertoire.
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