Landfall wins Grammy

Landfall wins Grammy

Landfall, Kronos’ Nonesuch Records album with Laurie Anderson, won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.

Announcing the final 10 composers of Kronos’ Fifty for the Future project

Year 5 Fifty for the Future composers

Welcome Mark Applebaum, Rafiq Bhatia, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Alexandra du Bois, Barry Guy, Angélique Kidjo, Sky Macklay, Aruna Narayan, Charlton Singleton, and Paul Wiancko.

Green Fog recognized by LAFCA

Rehearsal for Green Fog premiere at the Castro Theater in San Francisco during SFFILM Festival, credit Pamela Gentile

The Green Fog, which features an original score performed by Kronos, has received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film Award.

Landfall windfall

Kronos Quartet with Kronos Sound Designer Scott Fraser and Laurie Anderson during Landfall recording session

Laurie Anderson and Kronos’ Landfall highlighted on numerous best-of-2018 lists.

Landfall nominated for Grammy

Landfall receives Grammy nomination

Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson’s Landfall has been nominated for a 2019 Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category.

Catch up on Kronos’ 2018 releases

Landfall, Clouded Yellow, and Clouded Yellow remixes cover art

Have you heard all of 2018 releases, including Landfall, Clouded Yellow, five works as part of Kronos’ Fifty for the Future, and two works with the San Francisco Girls Chorus?

Steve Reich’s masterpiece “Different Trains” back on vinyl for the first time in 25 years

Different Trains Album Art

Nonesuch Records reissues Steve Reich’s 1989 Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint album, featuring performances by Kronos and Pat Metheny, on vinyl.

Kronos honored with 2018 WOMEX Artist Award

Kronos Quartet receiving 2018 WOMEX Artist Award / credit Jacob Crawfurd

Kronos receives the 2018 WOMEX Artist Award “for [Kronos’] tireless efforts in the pursuit of the new; for bringing international music of all styles new audiences, new works and new outlooks; and for their stature as the most important string quartet of their generation.”

Kronos and Trio Da Kali receive Songlines Music Award for their collaboration

Nick Gold, Kronos Quartet, Trio Da Kali and Dr. Lucy Durán

Kronos Quartet and Trio Da Kali receive Songlines Music Award in  the Fusion category for Ladilikan.