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“A kaleidoscopic journey” to make you fall (even more) in love with string quartets
Our recording of the opening of Terry Riley’s “Salome Dances for Peace”—a “kaleidoscopic journey”— is included in The New York Times list “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love String Quartets.”
New Video: “Nasrin’s Dream”
Out today is new piece by Sahba Aminikia—performed by Kronos with visuals by Pinar Demiral—honoring Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer who was wrongfully sentenced to 38 years of prison and 148 lashes for defending women’s right to choose their own attire.
Sun Rings: “essential listening” for pandemic times
“No composer alive has more gratifyingly or influentially proposed how to listen than Terry Riley. No ensemble in history has changed how we might listen to music as has Kronos.” Read more about Mark Swed’s (LA Times) “How to Listen” series.
New Video: “Music of the Birds”
Kronos and friends release “Music of the Birds” today to celebrate National Bird Day.
Oakland School for the Arts performs “Marejada”
Oakland School for the Arts’ chamber orchestra performs a large-ensemble version of Angélica Negrón’s Marejada.
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