“The Green Fog” now available to watch online for free
The found-footage reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” features an original score composed by Jacob Garchik and performed by the Kronos Quartet.
“Echoes” revived to celebrate 10 years of The Living Earth Show
In anticipation of the March 7th performances of “Echoes” in San Francisco, Kronos’ collaborator The Living Earth Show has shared an excerpt from Danny Clay and Youth Speaks’ spoken-word chamber opera.
Out-of-print ‘The Gorey End’ to be pressed on vinyl for first time
The Gorey End, Kronos’ 2003 Grammy-nominated collaboration with the Tiger Lillies, is being issued on vinyl for the first time on March 7th. Now available for preorder.
Kronos releases five more free string quartet scores
As part of Kronos’ 50 for the Future education initiative, free scores and parts, and more are now available for string quartets composed by Mark Applebaum, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Susie Ibarra, Vladimir Martynov and Henry Threadgill.
Sun Rings wins Grammy
Sun Rings, Kronos Quartet and Terry Riley’s 2019 Nonesuch Records album, won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical.
Kronos receives NEA Grant for Kronos Festival 6
The Kronos Performing Arts Association is grateful to receive support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sun Rings receives Grammy nod for engineering excellence
The Recording Academy has nominated Leslie Ann Jones, Robert C. Ludwig, John Kilgore, Judith Sherman, and David Harrington for the Best Engineered Album, Classical, Grammy Award for their engineering, mastering, and mixing work on Terry Riley: Sun Rings.
Kronos to receive prestigious Dutch career achievement award later this month
Kronos is honored to be awarded the Ouevreprijs for career achievement by the Edison Foundation at the annual Edison Klassiek Awards in Amsterdam on Sunday, November 24.
Kronos releases official music video for One Earth, One People, One Love
Supporting Kronos’ recent album Terry Riley: Sun Rings, the video for the final movement of the work was directed by Willie Williams, the designer of the Sun Rings live show, and created by Treatment Studio, London.
Check out Kronos’ new Fifty for the Future site
Designed and developed by the San Francisco design and storytelling company First Person, the site provides a gateway to discover, explore and learn contemporary string quartets composed by 25 women and 25 men from around the world. Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire is Kronos’ ongoing multi-year commissioning, performance, education and legacy initiative.
Sun Rings out today
Kronos’ new album Sun Rings, composed by Terry Riley, is now available from Nonesuch Records.
In memoriam: Ben Johnston (1926-2019)
Kronos Quartet’s artistic director, founder and violinist David Harrington pays tribute to American composer (and longtime friend and collaborator of Kronos) Ben Johnston.
