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Kronos Quartet with special guest Mahsa Vahdat

Ticketed, in-person event

This concert features new works by Terry Riley and Cal Performances’ 2021–22 Artist-in-Residence, Angélique Kidjo. For the second half of this concert, Kronos is joined by Mahsa Vahdat, a prominent performer of Persian vocal music, who collaborated with the quartet on the evocative 2019 recording Placeless. The project features melodies Vahdat composed to classical poems by Hafez and Rumi, as well as contemporary texts by Iranian poets. “[Vahdat] is an alluring, descriptive singer… The sheer seductiveness of her voice and style proved compelling” (Los Angeles Times).

Full Program: 

Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Maduswara **
Angélique Kidjo (arr. Jacob Garchik) / YanYanKliYan Senamido #1 ** World Premiere
Terry Riley / This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!: III. This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only! **
Missy Mazzoli / Enthusiasm Strategies **
Angélique Kidjo (arr. Jacob Garchik) / YanYanKliYan Senamido #2 ** World Premiere

Kronos Quartet & Mahsa Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Sahba Aminikia) / The Sun Rises +

The Sun Rises
Vanishing Lines
My Ruthless Companion

Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Atabak Elyasi) / Vaya, Vaya *
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Sahba Aminikia) / Placeless +
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Atabak Elyasi) / I Was Dead +