Upcoming Events

Night two of the Festival boasts the world premiere of Active Radio, combining a live performance by Kronos with an unscripted, on-stage conversation between Peabody-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC’s On the Media; Dale Minami, the SF–based civil rights lawyer and activist known for overturning Korematsu v. United States; and Carmen Cheung Ka-Man, executive director of the Center for Justice and Accountability. The program also includes a world premiere by Jonathan Berger, with a recitation by author and scholar Nathalie Khankan and video by Penny Hes Yassour; and the great throat singer/composer Tanya Tagaq, joining Kronos for a set of her own compositions, including the Bay Area premiere of Watchwolf.

PROGRAM 2

Kronos Quartet with special guests Brooke Gladstone, Carmen Cheung Ka-Man, Nathalie Khankan, Dale Minami, and Tanya Tagaq

Nicole Lizée / Black MIDI *

I. Kronoscope
II. The Tuning Fork
III. Pictionary Night
IV. MIDI in the Schools
V. The Problem with Black MIDI
VI. The Scarf
VII. 1978
VIII. Cassette Culture

Jonathan Berger / Hajar Yasini * world premiere

with words by Nathalie Khankan and video by Penny Hes Yassour

Kronos Quartet & Tanya Tagaq

Tanya Tagaq (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Sivunittinni *
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Paul Wiancko) / Watchwolf *
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Tanya Tagaq, Kronos Quartet, and Joel Tarman) / Colonizer (Remix) +

INTERMISSION

Peyton Nelesen / Tempus * world premiere

Maria Emiliano / Bonito * world premiere

Active Radio * world premiere

featuring Dale Minami and Carmen Cheung Ka-Man in conversation with Brooke Gladstone
with music performed by Kronos Quartet