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Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet has been played over 90 times on NTS, first on 4 February 2013. Kronos Quartet's music has been featured on 93 episodes. Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers (1978–1999) had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and Joan Jeanrenaud on cello. Jennifer Culp replaced Jeanrenaud on cello in 1999. Jeffrey Zeigler replaced Culp on cello in 2005. Sunny Yang replaced Zeigler on cello in 2013. Paul Wiancko replaced Sunny Yang in 2023. Recently, the Kronos Quartet began...
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Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet has been played over 90 times on NTS, first on 4 February 2013. Kronos Quartet's music has been featured on 93 episodes.

Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers (1978–1999) had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and Joan Jeanrenaud on cello. Jennifer Culp replaced Jeanrenaud on cello in 1999. Jeffrey Zeigler replaced Culp on cello in 2005. Sunny Yang replaced Zeigler on cello in 2013. Paul Wiancko replaced Sunny Yang in 2023.

Recently, the Kronos Quartet began a commission process for composers under the age of 30, in the hope of bringing some of the talented young composers of our day to light.

Kronos specializes in new music and has a long history of commissioning new works. In fact, over 850 works have been created for the Kronos Quartet. They have worked with many minimalist composers including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Kevin Volans.

Kronos has collaborated with composers from diverse countries such as Franghiz Ali Zadeh from Azerbaijan and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Golijov is a MacArthur Fellow who has done compositions and arrangements for Kronos CDs such as Caravan and Nuevo.

Kronos covers a very broad range of musical genres: Mexican folk, experimental, pre-classical early music, movie soundtracks (Requiem for a Dream), jazz and tango. Kronos has even recorded adaptations of Purple Haze, Flugufrelsarinn, Marquee Moon, and Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals.

Composers aside, Kronos has teamed up with artists from around the world, including the legendary Bollywood "playback singer" Asha Bhosle; the American soprano Dawn Upshaw; Mexican pop-rockers Cafe Tacuba; and the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks.

Kronos has performed live with the likes of the late poet Allen Ginsberg, Modern Jazz Quartet, David Bowie, and Bjork, and has appeared on recordings with such diverse talents as singer-songwriters Dave Matthews, Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traore, Joan Armatrading, and Texas yodeler Don Walser.

Their official site is www.kronosquartet.org

Original source Last.fm

Most played tracks

Electric Counterpoint
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny
Elektra Nonesuch1989
Different Trains
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny
Elektra Nonesuch1989
String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985)
Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass
Nonesuch1995
Eh Ya Ye
Trio Da Kali, Kronos Quartet
World Circuit2017
Piano And String Quartet
Morton Feldman, Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi
Nonesuch1993
Mallet Quartet
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch2011
Emily And Alice
Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Terry Riley
Nonesuch2008
Together We Will Live Forever
Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, Mogwai feat. Kronos Quartet, Mogwai
Nonesuch2006
String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass
Nonesuch1995
Why Spend A Dark Night With You?
Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet feat. Joan As Police Woman
Cantaloupe Music2023