NEWS
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.
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.
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