All Kronos Quartet articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureTerry Riley: Ninety journeys around the sun
The trailblazing Californian composer Terry Riley celebrates his 90th birthday this month. David Kettle speaks with him and with some of the musicians who have championed his eclectic, improvisatory music for strings
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BlogsWitness and memory: Kronos Quartet and Mary Kouyoumdjian give voice to the silenced
Marking Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day with the portrait album WITNESS, composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington reflect on their decade-long collaboration – and music’s power to grapple with difficult themes.
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BlogsFiddles and folkore: Kronos Quartet transforms itself into a Hardanger band
Kronos Quartet violinist Gabriela Díaz speaks with The Strad’s US correspondent Thomas May about Elja, the ensemble’s new Hardanger fiddle collaboration with Benedicte Maurseth and Kristine Tjøgersen, which premieres at Carnegie Hall this week.
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BlogsOwls takes flight with debut album ‘Rare Birds’
One of the two cellists comprising the ‘inverted quartet’ Owls, Gabriel Cabezas speaks with US correspondent Thomas May about the ensemble’s debut album, Rare Birds.
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NewsNew Kronos Quartet album to donate streaming proceeds to charity
The new album of works by Mary Kouyoumdjian will support Armenian and Lebanese communities affected by social and political conflict
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NewsCellist Jeffrey Zeigler rejoins the faculty of the Mannes School of Music in New York
The appointment marks a rehire for the ex-Kronos Quartet cellist, who previously taught at Mannes from 2012–2022
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NewsKronos Quartet violinist and violist to retire, after 46 years
Violinist John Sherba and violist Hank Dutt will leave the quartet at the end of June, following the group’s historic 50th anniversary season
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NewsKronos Quartet names Paul Wiancko as new cellist
The cellist and composer Paul Wiancko will take over the role from Sunny Yang, who leaves the quartet after ten years
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ArticleLife Lessons: David Harrington
The American violinist recalls the path that led him to found the genre-defying Kronos Quartet
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #39: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington on musical activism
’I didn’t have a choice, I had to play that piece’ - Kronos Quartet’s founding violinist on using music to speak out against injustice, as well as giving a voice to the voiceless
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ReviewConcert review: Kronos Quartet, Special Music School Quartet, Kodak Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth hears a collection of new works at the Merkin Concert Hall on 21 October 2021
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VideoKronos Quartet play John Coltrane, Terry Riley and new music from the US and Iran
Part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices for Hope festival, the 45-minute concert draws on themes from defining moments of 20th-century history
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Article‘One has to understand minimalism as a “plateau of sound”’
Continuing our series of quotes for the festive season, violinist Darragh Morgan examines the role of articulation in minimalism performance practice
