Celebrating the moon landing 50th with a Sun Rings music video
Watch “Beebopterismo,” the third movement of Sun Rings, composed by Terry Riley for string quartet, chorus and pre-recorded spacescapes.
Nonesuch to release Kronos’ new album Terry Riley: Sun Rings on August 30
Seventeen years after Kronos first premiered Terry Riley’s 10-movement composition for string quartet, chorus, and pre-recorded space sounds, Nonesuch Records will release the first full recording of the work.
Kronos helps celebrate 20th Anniversary of múm’s debut album
Morr Music releases Kronos and percussionist Samuli Kosminen’s reworking of “Smell Memory” by the Icelandic band múm.
Congratulations David!
Kronos’ colleague David Jones has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
AVAILABLE NOW! Five new string quartets from Kronos’ Fifty for the Future
Scores and parts, recordings and other learning materials for works composed by Guillermo Galindo, Zakir Hussain, Jlin, Lu Yun, and Mario Galeano Toro are available for free on Kronos’ Fifty for the Future website.
Kronos Festival 2019 starts TONIGHT, continues through Saturday
Tickets are still on sale. Don’t miss “San Francisco’s Most Adventurous Classical Music Fest.”
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté cancels appearance at Kronos Festival 2019 due to visa delays
It is with great regret that the Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA) announces that Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté is unable to travel to the U.S. to be part of Kronos Festival 2019 on June 1.
“It left me with a huge sense of optimism:” David Harrington at the inaugural Aga Khan Music Awards
Kronos’ David Harrington served as a member of the Master Jury for the Aga Khan Music Awards and writes about his experience in Lisbon.
Announcing Kronos Festival 2019
Kronos Quartet/Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA) is pleased to present Kronos Festival 2019 at SFJAZZ Center on May 30–June 1, 2019.
Placeless released today
Kirkelig Kulturverksted and Valley Entertainment released Placeless, Kronos’ first collaboration with Iranian singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, today.
Announcing Kronos Quartet & Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat: Placeless
Hear “My Ruthless Companion,” the first track off of Kronos’s new album Placeless, which will be released on March 1, 2019.
Kronos receives NEA Grant for Kronos Festival 2019
The Kronos Performing Arts Association is grateful to receive a National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works grant.
