Name: Zachary Watkins: Peace Be Till (excerpt), feat. Dr. Clarence B. Jones, performed by Kronos Quartet @KronosQuartetofficial
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Description: Zachary Watkins: Peace Be Till (excerpt), feat. Dr. Clarence B. Jones, performed by Kronos Quartet

Zachary Watkins: Peace Be Till (excerpt), feat. Dr. Clarence B. Jones, performed by Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet 2026-09-20 | Zachary Watkins: Peace Be Till (excerpt), feat. Dr. Clarence B. Jones, performed by Kronos Quartet

Kronos Festival 2023 Trailer

Kronos Quartet 2023-05-31 | Kronos Presents
KRONOS FESTIVAL 2023
Thursday–Saturday, June 22, 23 & 24, 2023
SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco

Tickets start at $20 (Sat AM Family Concert $10 kids / $20 adults)

Kronos Quartet hosts its annual hometown festival, showcasing pieces from Kronos Fifty for the Future. Drawing on Kronos’ five decades of cultivating new works and collaborating with composers from around the world, this repertoire acts as a roadmap to musical exploration, inviting musicians of all ages to step into Kronos’ shoes—and to continue pushing the boundaries of what a string quartet can be.

In six events over three days, this year’s Kronos Festival features performances by three guest quartets—Aizuri Quartet, Attacca Quartet, and Friction Quartet—and appearances by composer/instrumentalists Rafiq Bhatia, Soo Yeon Lyuh, and Victoria Shen.

Tickets on sale now – order today.
Click for tix + info: kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2023

“No one is ever going to say that Kronos Quartet is satisfied with the string quartet status quo. This group… has, in its malleable virtuosity, become a wellspring for hundreds of new music commissions.” –The New York Times
. . .

Trailer produced by High Dive Studio x Poolbar: http://www.highdivestudio.co
https://poolbar.studio/

The music in the trailer is Susie Ibarra's "Pulsation," which was composed for "Kronos Fifty for the Future: The Learning Repertoire" and performed by Kronos Quartet.

Kronos Music: The Future is Now (2023)

Kronos Quartet 2023-05-02 | Kronos' 50 for the Future is a free library of fifty contemporary works designed to guide string quartets in developing and honing the skills required for the performance of 21st-century repertoire. This event brings together students from five music programs across the US to prepare and perform works from Fifty for the Future.

program:
Philip Glass: Quartet Satz
Chamber Music OC - Orange County, CA

Angelique Kidjo: YanYanKliYan Senamido: II.
Amundsen High School - Chicago, IL

Charlton Singleton: Testimony
Oakland School for the Arts - Oakland, CA

Nicole Lizée: Darkness is Not Well Lit
San Francisco Conservatory of Music - San Francisco, CA

Ken Benshoof: Sweeter Than Wine, II. Postscript
Face the Music – Kaufman Music Center - New York, NY

With visual art components from students attending Wesleyan University, University of CA Berkeley, digital media students at Oakland School for the Arts, and the 3rd grade class at Francis Scott Key Elementary School in San Francisco.

You can learn to play these pieces! Scores, parts, and recordings are all available for free on Kronos' website: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org/

Parviz Meshkatian (arr. Sahba Aminikia): DARDE MOSHTARAK (SHARED PAIN): Kronos Quartet, Shiraz Choir

Kronos Quartet 2022-11-23 | "In September 2022, the death of a 22-year old woman, Mahsa Amini, in custody of morality police, sparked an ongoing series of protests against the state's gender apartheid. The Islamic republic's violent crackdown on the protestors has escalated this movement into a full-blown uprising across the country and around the globe.

In Iran, protests have been going on every day for the past 2.5 months. 16,813 people have been arrested, and 402 have been gunned down by the security forces, 58 of whom were minors.

The Iranian people's revolution asks for FREEDOM and EQUALITY for all."

- Sahba Aminikia
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text translation:
Oh, dear! Join us!
Join us!

Don’t remain stranded by yourself!
For this pain, that we share,
Will not recover,
In me, the lonesome me,
In you, the lonely you.

This difficult life,
For us,
Without a shared battle,
Will never become easier.

Don’t remain by yourself,
Join us, dear!

Oh, dear! Join us!
Join us!
Don’t remain stranded by yourself!
For this pain, that we share,
Will not recover,
In me, the lonesome me,
In you, the lonely you.

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Music by Parviz Meshkatian (arranged by Sahba Aminikia)
Video by Nima Dehghani

Performed by
KRONOS QUARTET
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of the Kronos Performing Arts Association.

SHIRAZ CHOIR AND ENSEMBLE
Somaieh Amini, Zahra Asgari, Avideh Danaii, Soheila Farahani, Haleh Ghaffari, Zhila Hariri, Fahimeh Jasbi, Parisa Mirfakhraei, Amin Assadi, Reza Mokhtari, Hadi Rismanchi, and Masoud Tavazoei
Amin Assadi, Musical Director and Conductor

Five Thoughts About Thirty Pieces by Sam Green

Kronos Quartet 2022-09-05 | Sam Green's short film essay explores John Cage and the 1983 piece he wrote for Kronos entitled Thirty Pieces for String Quartet.

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Five Thoughts About Thirty Pieces
Film by Sam Green
© 2021 The Free History Project and Kronos Performing Arts Association
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This film premiered on June 18, 2021 as part of KRONOS FESTIVAL, a program of the Kronos Performing Arts Association.

KRONOS FESTIVAL 2021 was made possible by generous support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. Additional support was provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Howard Zinn at 100, a tribute by Kronos Quartet and Joel Tarman

Kronos Quartet 2022-08-24 | Howard Zinn’s words live on to strengthen, challenge and lead us. I'm guided by Howard’s advice: “take every opportunity you have to spread your point of view as you create a community around you, because you can’t do anything by yourself.”

David Harrington
Artistic Director, violin
Kronos Quartet

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Howard Zinn at 100, a tribute by Kronos Quartet and Joel Tarman

Featuring Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello

and the voice of Howard Zinn

Producer: Joel Tarman

Associate Producer: Nikolás McConnie-Saad
Production Management: Kronos Performing Arts Association
Mixed at Sunset Youth Services, San Francisco, CA

Special Thanks: Alternative Radio

Samples sourced from:
www.alternativeradio.org
50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Photo credit: Slobodan Dimitrov - CC non-commercial attribution - Wikimedia Commons

"Howard Zinn at 100, a tribute by Kronos Quartet and Joel Tarman" was commissioned by the David Harrington Research and Development Fund.

Laurie Anderson - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-08-22 | Laurie Anderson, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary with Kronos Quartet, Written/Directed by Sam Green, Joe Bini

Kronos Quartet 2022-08-11 | Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini have teamed up with Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet for a wildly creative multimedia performance piece. Kronos Quartet performs live alongside narration, archival footage, and filmed interviews with such prominent artists as Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man and Terry Riley.

A Thousand Thoughts is a live documentary – so the only place you can catch it is in person. To find upcoming showings, visit: kronosquartet.org/upcoming-events

Together on stage, Green and Kronos interact with the stirring cinematic imagery on screen to craft an important record and exploration of late 20th– and early 21st–century music. As Green tells the multi-decade and continent-spanning story of the groundbreaking string quartet, Kronos revisits its extensive body of work, performing music by George Crumb, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, Aleksandra Vrebalov and many others. Transcending the typical live music and film event, this collaboration quickly becomes a meditation on music itself – the act of listening to it closely, the experience of feeling it deeply, and the power that it has to change the world.

Bryce Dessner - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-25 | Bryce Dessner, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Paul Wiancko - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-25 | Paul Wiancko, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Angélique Kidjo - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-25 | Angélique Kidjo, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Barry Guy - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-21 | Barry Guy, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

inti figgis-vizueta - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-21 | inti figgis-vizueta, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Peni Candra Rini - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-20 | Peni Candra Rini, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Rafiq Bhatia - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-07-20 | Rafiq Bhatia, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Kronos Music: The Future is Now

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Kronos' 50 for the Future is a free library of fifty contemporary works designed to guide string quartets in developing and honing the skills required for the performance of 21st-century repertoire. This event on April 29th, 2022 brings together students from five music programs across the US to prepare and perform works from Fifty for the Future.

Schools involved:
– Chamber Music OC (Orange County, CA)
– Face the Music at the Kaufman Music Center (New York, NY)
– Milton Academy (Milton, MA)
– Oakland School for the Arts (Oakland, CA)
– Ruth Asawa San Francisco School for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
– University of Toronto Schools (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Program:
– "Enthusiasm Strategies" by Missy Mazzoli (Ruth Asawa San Francisco School for the Arts)
– "Tegere Tulon: Funtukuru" by Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (University of Toronto Schools & Milton Academy)
– "Sunjata's Time: I. Sumaworo & II. Sogolon" by Fodé Lassana Diabaté (Face the Music)
– "Sunjata's Time: III. Nana Triban & V. Bara kala ta" by Fodé Lassana Diabaté (Chamber Music OC)
– "Pulsation" by Susie Ibarra (featuring students from Oakland School for the Arts, Chamber Music OC, and University of Toronto Schools)

You can learn to play these pieces! Scores, parts, and recordings are all available for free on Kronos' website: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org/

Kronos Quartet & Terry Riley - Rehearsal for This Assortment of Atoms - One Time Only!

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Kronos Quartet meets with longtime friend and collaborator Terry Riley to rehearse his new piece for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, "This Assortment of Atoms - One Time Only!"

Terry Riley - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Terry Riley, longtime Kronos collaborator and composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, his relationship with Kronos, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Aruna Narayan - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Aruna Narayan, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Aruna Narayan - Mishra Pilu - Cello Tabla Instructional Video

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Kronos' Sunny Yang and David Harrington discuss and demonstrate the cello tabla technique in "Mishra Pilu," Aruna Narayan's piece for Kronos' Fifty for the Future.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org/composers/aruna-narayan

Video by Danny Kim (distortion.co)

Sky Macklay - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2022-04-29 | Sky Macklay, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video edited by Kayla LaCour (www.kmlacour.com)

Kronos Quartet & Mahsa Vahdat: Vaya, Vaya

Kronos Quartet 2021-11-10 | Kronos Quartet and Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat perform "Vaya, Vaya," Vahdat's declaration of love to her motherland. Written and recorded in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, "Vaya, Vaya" first premiered on June 11, 2021 during the digital Kronos Festival, and has now been released as a single: orcd.co/dpxwbwa

"Vaya, Vaya," music by Mahsa Vahdat and Atabak Elyasi, and visuals by Laurie Olinder, was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University, with additional support from the Kronos Performing Arts Association.

English Translation:
Vaya, Vaya
I’ll have wings in your air
I’ll be a wave in your voice
I’ll be a flame in your flickering heat, in my cries of wanting you
Bitterly I’ll twist in the veins of your vines
I’ll be a stubborn cloud in the tears of my grief for you
Vaya, Vaya
I’ll grow green in my sorrow for your passing years
I’ll stay in love in the sun above your mountain tops
I’ll be tears in the purity of your streams
at one with my limitless hope for you
Vaya, Vaya

Translator’s note: The title, “Vaya, Vaya,” is the same word twice: it is a lamentation, an expression of grief—while it is similar to “Alas!” in English, the Persian word here is more colloquial, so as to mean “O God!” or “God help me!”

About "Vaya, Vaya," Mahsa Vahdat writes:

“Vaya, Vaya is a deep expression of Love to a beloved, constantly transforming into a homeland. Since the pandemic arrived in March 2020, for more than one year the most visited place for me has been a place in Berkeley where the Rose garden is situated. I walked there almost every day at the time of Sunset, the moment when the Sun turns its glow to my motherland where my breath is interwoven with its soil, the moment when darkness and light embrace each other and when the intense red, dark blue and golden rays in the clouds create a unique image, while passion, rebellion, glow, hope and sorrow entwine. With my deep longing and desire for my motherland these words and music came to me like a wonder. This zone in Berkeley is one of my dear zones in life. Wherever I roam in the world, this place will always remain in my heart”.

Performed with Mahsa Vahdat, vocals
Film by Laurie Olinder
Calligraphy by Sina Goudarzi
Produced by Kronos Performing Arts Association
Recorded in isolation in February 2021
Final mix by Zach Miley and David Harrington

KRONOS FESTIVAL Labs: Kronos Music: Remix, in collaboration with Sunset Youth Services

Kronos Quartet 2021-08-24 | In this conversation with young artists at Sunset Youth Services (SYS), we listen to new works and discuss Kronos Music: Remix, a collaborative project between SYS and Kronos that supports young music producers, engineers, and hip hop artists as they deconstruct and sample recordings from Kronos’ Fifty for the Future to create their own music.

SYS is a San Francisco-based organization working to foster long-term stability and growth in in-risk youth, young adults, and families through caring relationships and supportive services. We encourage you to learn more about their programs: sunsetyouthservices.org

This conversation includes:
Ronnell (Tadi Todi) Briton
Lexi Ecker
David Harrington
Henry Lin
Miguel (Fego) Navarro
Kayla Pellom
Malachi Salaam

Moderated by Joel Tarman, Director of Digital Arts and Technology, Sunset Youth Services

Presented by KRONOS FESTIVAL, a program of Kronos Performing Arts Association.
kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2021

Help us share KRONOS FESTIVAL worldwide and free of charge — please donate now. Thank you! kronosquartet.org/donate

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You'll find the work of these talented young artists throughout our Festival programming. Here's where you can see more:

KRONOS FESTIVAL: Kids! – features work by Tadi Todi. Cameron “BEAMONEM” Collier, and Joel Tarman

KRONOS FESTIVAL Program #2 – features work by Kayla Pellom, Miguel Navarro, and Joel Tarman, with Abdiel De La Paz and Elizabeth Merchan

KRONOS FESTIVAL Program #3 – features work by Tadi Todi, Cameron “BEAMONEM” Collier, Joel Tarman, and Miguel Navarro

Tadi Todi also appears as a special guest in KRONOS FESTIVAL Program #1 in an original dance piece set to Stacy Garrop's "Glorious Mahalia."

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Kronos Music: Remix is a collaboration between Kronos Quartet / Kronos Performing Arts Association and Sunset Youth Services in San Francisco. Sunset Youth Services (SYS) has a long track record of helping in-risk youth realize their potential as artists, musicians, recording engineers, and community leaders. SYS serves 14-24 year-olds who struggle with chaotic family systems, destructive behavioral patterns, trauma, and drug use, through programs designed to create physically and emotionally safe spaces. Kronos and SYS share a commitment to encouraging work that addresses social issues, especially in marginalized or adversely impacted communities.

Kronos Music: Remix is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Additional support is provided by The Sam Mazza Foundation and San Francisco Grants for the Arts.

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KRONOS FESTIVAL expands Kronos' annual San Francisco festival into the virtual sphere with eight exciting online presentations, including fourteen world premieres. All programs will remain available online free of charge through August 31.

KRONOS FESTIVAL is made possible by generous support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bernard Osher Foundation.

KRONOS FESTIVAL Labs: Kronos in Conversation with Brooke Gladstone

Kronos Quartet 2021-08-06 | KRONOS FESTIVAL presents the first of two Labs, "Kronos in Conversation with Brooke Gladstone," in which the journalist and host of WNYC's On the Media interviews David, John, Hank, and Sunny about their personal histories, festival highlights, and what it's been like to be performing musicians in the midst of a pandemic.

Presented by KRONOS FESTIVAL, a program of Kronos Performing Arts Association.
kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2021

Help us share KRONOS FESTIVAL worldwide and free of charge — please donate now. Thank you! kronosquartet.org/donate

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KRONOS FESTIVAL expands Kronos' annual San Francisco festival into the virtual sphere with eight exciting online presentations, including fourteen world premieres. All programs will remain available online free of charge through August 31.

KRONOS FESTIVAL is made possible by generous support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Jlin: Little Black Book, performed by Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet 2021-07-23 | This film of LITTLE BLACK BOOK, written by Jlin and performed by Kronos Quartet, was featured in KRONOS FESTIVAL Program #2, which premiered June 11, 2021.

LITTLE BLACK BOOK was written for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire; FREE scores and parts, among other materials, are available online: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org/composers/jlin

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello

This performance was filmed October 2, 2020 at Bing Concert Hall, The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University):
Directed, Photographed and Edited by Frazer Bradshaw
Recording Engineer: Zach Miley
Executive Producers: Elena Park and Chris Lorway
Producer: Kimberly Pross

Little Black Book
Composed by Jlin
Arranged by Jacob Garchik
© 2018 Inner Sunset Publishing
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

#KronosFestival

Sahba Aminikia: Kavuki, performed by Kronos Quartet and Shahram Nazeri

Kronos Quartet 2021-07-07 | Sahba Aminikia's KAVUKI, arranged for Kronos and Iranian tenor Shahram Nazeri, premiered June 16 in KRONOS FESTIVAL Program #2. KAVUKI also features beautiful hand-drawn artwork by Kevork Mourad and digital animation by Vafa Aminikia.

#KronosFestival

KRONOS FESTIVAL 2021 trailer

Kronos Quartet 2021-06-07 | KRONOS FESTIVAL returns June 11 – 18, expanding the Kronos Quartet's annual San Francisco-based event into the virtual sphere with eight exciting online presentations, including fourteen world premieres.

All streams will be available free of charge, here on our YouTube channel, through August 31, 2021.

For a full schedule of events, visit kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2021.

Trailer: TATTOO, by Soo Yeon Lyuh

Kronos Quartet 2021-05-27 | Tattoo (2021)
Music by Soo Yeon Lyuh (b. 1980)
Film by Danny Kim

Tattoo emerges from an incident that occurred on November 24, 2015. Alvin Kim, Lyuh’s son and one of the survivors, reconstructs the incident by reading the statement that he himself wrote for the investigators in the wake of the event.

Tattoo premieres on June 11, 2021 as part of this year's KRONOS FESTIVAL - learn more at:
kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2021

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Composed by Soo Yeon Lyuh
Text by Alvin Kim

with Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegeum, and the voices of Soo Jin Lyuh, Youngju Park, Alvin Kim, Soo Yeon Lyuh

Directed by Danny Kim

Cinematography & Art Design by Danny Kim
Edited by Mitch Stahlmann and Danny Kim
Camera Operation by Colin Giles
Audio mixed and produced by Mitch Stahlmann

Bells performed and recorded by Mitch Stahlmann

Soo Yeon Lyuh's Tattoo was commissioned by the Kronos Festival with support from the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Kronos Music: The Future is Now – A National Collaborative Event

Kronos Quartet 2021-04-22 | Kronos' 50 for the Future is a free library of fifty contemporary works designed to guide string quartets in developing and honing the skills required for the performance of 21st-century repertoire. This informal event on March 25th, 2021 brought together six schools across the US to prepare and perform six works from Fifty for the Future, after a month of class visits and coaching sessions with Kronos and composers.

Schools involved:
– ʻIolani School (Honolulu, HI)
– Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas, TX)
– Face the Music at the Kaufman Music Center (New York, NY)
– Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington DC)
– Oakland School for the Arts (Oakland, CA)
– Ruth Asawa San Francisco School for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
joined by the Kronos Quartet (San Francisco, CA)

Program Order of Compositions Presented:
– "Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat, MVT II: Chebiyat Muqam – Third Dastan" by Wu Man (OSA and
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School for the Arts)
– "At the Purchaser's Option with variations" by Rhiannon Giddens (Duke Ellington School)
– "Knock" by Joan Jeanrenaud (Face the Music)
– "Tolo Midi" by Mario Galeano Toro ('Iolani School)
– "Play" by Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Booker T Washington)
– "Marejada" by Angélica Negrón (Kronos Quartet performs live alongside students from all schools)

You can learn to play these pieces! Scores, parts, and recordings are all available for free on Kronos' website: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org/

Charlton Singleton - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-16 | Charlton Singleton, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video by Keith Bradshaw (www.onitvideo.com)
Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Alexandra du Bois - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-16 | Alexandra du Bois, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Tod Machover - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-16 | Tod Machover, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video by Paula Aguilera and Jonathan Williams
Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Missy Mazzoli - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-16 | Missy Mazzoli, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Misato Mochizuki - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-16 | Misato Mochizuki, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Video by LIFE.14 (life14.com)
Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Kronos Quartet: Testimony by Charlton Singleton

Kronos Quartet 2021-02-15 | Kronos Quartet performs "Testimony," which was written for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.

Charlton Singleton often draws inspiration from the Gullah culture of the American Southeast's Lowcountry region, where he grew up. In addition to his roles as speaker, composer, and arranger, Singleton also performs as part of Ranky Tanky, a group that specializes in jazz-influenced arrangements of traditional Gullah music. Singleton based Testimony on musical practices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in which his father was a pastor. During his childhood, a cappella Prayer Bands of three or four people had the responsibility of getting the congregation ready for worship. Notes Singleton, “Testimony is written from the Prayer Band experience, and from specific rhythms in African American churches and communities – the ‘Gullah Clap’ (on beats two, two-and, and four) and the ‘Half Clap’ (on beat one only).”

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello

This performance of Testimony was filmed October 2, 2020 at Bing Concert Hall, The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University):
Directed, Photographed and Edited by Frazer Bradshaw
Recording Engineer: Zach Miley
Executive Producers: Elena Park and Chris Lorway
Producer: Kimberly Pross

You can learn to play this piece. FREE scores and parts, among other materials, are soon to be released online: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

© 2020 Inner Sunset Publishing
℗ 2020 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

Sahba Aminikia & Pınar Demiral: Nasrins Dream

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-26 | Nasrin’s Dream is inspired by the voices of the people from all around the world, every one of them appearing like drops of rain: once these drops turn into rain, no power in the world will be able to resist them.

Nasrin Sotoudeh is 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. This piece was created in August 2020, during her 46-day hunger strike to protest the conditions of political prisoners in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In December 2020, #NasrinSotoudeh was awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for her career-long dedication to the advancement of universal human rights. Today, NASRIN, a documentary about her life’s work, was released on all streaming platforms: http://www.nasrinfilm.com #freeNasrin

Nasrin’s Dream, with music by Sahba Aminikia and visuals by Pınar Demiral, was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University, with additional support from the Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Zachary James Watkins: Listen to Clarence, feat. Dr. Clarence B. Jones, performed by Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-15 | Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a new short piece, written by Zachary James Watkins, that features the voice of Dr. King’s speechwriter, friend, and associate, Dr. Clarence B. Jones. This piece was created to pay tribute to Dr. Jones on the occasion of his 90th birthday last week.

Mark Applebaum - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-12 | Mark Applebaum, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at http://kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

Video by Darryl Jones (darryljonesfilms.com)
Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Susie Ibarra - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-12 | Susie Ibarra, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at http://kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

Video by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Vladimir Martynov - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-12 | Vladimir Martynov, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at http://kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Henry Threadgill - Kronos Fifty for the Future Composer Interview

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-12 | Henry Threadgill, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses his musical background, his composition process, the piece he wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.

Learn more at http://kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

Video by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Mark Applebaum - Flashlight Instructional Video

Kronos Quartet 2021-01-12 | Composer Mark Applebaum demonstrates how to perform the hand gestures in "Flashlight," his piece for Kronos' Fifty for the Future.

Learn more at http://kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

Video by Darryl Jones (darryljonesfilms.com)
Edited by Evan Neff (evanneff.com)

Mary Kouyoumdjian: Silent Cranes (iv. you flew away): Kronos Quartet, L. Olinder, D. Barsamian

Kronos Quartet 2020-12-17 | "Our grandparents are singing. Let’s finish their songs.”

From Mary Kouyoumdjian’s ’Silent Cranes,’ which premiered in Yerevan, Armenia in 2015. Images by Laurie Olinder. Words by David Barsamian.

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A century is a long time. It is, and it isn’t.

The lost child of Bitlis cries out: Mayrig, mayrig, Oor es? Minag em. Ge vakhnam. Mother, mother. Where are you? I am alone and afraid.

Those who control the present, control the past, and those who control the past control the future.” –Orwell

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” –Santayana

“The struggle of human against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. … The assassination of Allende quickly covered over the memory of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, the bloody massacre in Bangladesh caused Allende to be forgotten, the din of war in the Sinai drowned out the groans of Bangladesh, the massacres in Cambodia caused the Sinai to be forgotten, and so on, and on and on, until everyone has completely forgotten everything.” –Kundera

“Who speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” –Hitler

Yergeer. Homeland. Water so clean, airso pure, fruits and vegetables so tasty. So survivors of the genocide told me, maybe with some exaggeration. Yergeer. A magical place full of wonder and cruelties.

Turkey: A crime scene. No more Enver and Talaat statues and streets. No more pretending it didn’t happen. No more macho posturing. Liberate yourselves from twisted and toxic nationalist narratives.

Ambassador Morgenthau: “Where are the Armenians heading?”
Talaat: “Their destination is the abyss.”

We, the keepers of memories and dreams, keep coming up like weeds to remind you and ourselves of the past. A faded but dear landscape drenched in blood. The burning of books and churches. We live in their ashes and beyond them. “Against the ruin of the world? There is only one defense: The creative act.” –Rexroth

Let us play again in our gardens and fields and glory in the beauty of the flowers forever.

A century is a long time. It is and it isn’t.

Why do I feel it is important to talk about the Armenian Genocide 100 years later? It’s important to complete the poems and eat the last pieces of lavash and bastegh. Our grandparents are singing. Let’s finish their songs.

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Mary Kouyoumdjian’s 'Silent Cranes' was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet with support from the David Harrington Research and Development Fund, the Angel Stoyanof Commission Fund, Zvart and Rouben Potoukian, Andrea A. Lunsford, Gates McFadden and Robert Straus, Dayna Sumiyoshi and Greg Smedsrud, many funders in the Indiegogo community, and other generous individuals. Silent Cranes was premiered by the Kronos Quartet at the Yerevan Perspectives 16th International Music Festival in the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan, Armenia, on April 29, 2015.

Campaign Songs #7 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Joshua Higgason

Kronos Quartet 2020-11-02 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #7 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Joshua Higgason
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Campaign Songs #6 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Christopher Ash

Kronos Quartet 2020-11-01 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #6 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Christopher Ash
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Campaign Songs #5 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Christopher Ash

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-31 | Campaign Songs #5 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Christopher Ash
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Campaign Songs #4 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Joshua Higgason

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-30 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #4 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Joshua Higgason
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Campaign Songs #3 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Joshua Higgason

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-30 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #3 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Joshua Higgason
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Campaign Songs #2 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Christopher Ash

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-28 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #2 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Christopher Ash
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

Kronos Quartet & Wu Man: Reflections on Blue Lake

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-20 | Kronos Quartet and Wu Man collaborate from their homes

Kronos Quartet and Wu Man 吳蠻與克羅諾斯四重奏
Reflections on Blue Lake 忆•青海古韵

Music by: Wu Man 作曲吳蠻
Arranged by: Kronos Quartet 編曲克羅諾斯四重奏
Performed by:
Wu Man, pipa 吳蠻琵琶
David Harrington, violin • John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola • Sunny Yang, cello

Paintings by: Wu Guoting 國畫作品:吳國亭
惊涛溅羽 The Waterfall Splashes Feathers
琉璃鹭影 A Heron’s Shadow on Colored Glass
雾笼琴溪 Fog Envelops the Singing Stream
溪畔雀闲 Sparrows resting by the creek

Directed by: Braden King
Produced by: Janet Cowperthwaite with Nikolás I. McConnie-Saad
Painting Animation by: Oliver King
Edited by: Hong Wang, and Braden King

Audio mix by: Zach Miley
English translations by: Gregory Dubinsky

Commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County
with generous support from Donald and Karen Evarts.

Additional support from: Kronos Performing Arts Association,
and Wu Man

Campaign Songs #1 | by Michael Gordon | performed by Kronos Quartet | video by Joshua Higgason

Kronos Quartet 2020-10-16 | VOTE!

Campaign Songs #1 by Michael Gordon
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Video by Joshua Higgason
Produced by Adam Cuthbert, Michael Gordon, and David Harrington

Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Kronos Quartet appears courtesy of Kronos Performing Arts Association.

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