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Renowned innovators who have redefined the string quartet for five decades, the Kronos Quartet’s groundbreaking work addresses pressing global issues like climate change, social justice, and the human condition with unbounded musical ambition. A highlight of the evening is the world premiere of a new piece by Charlton Singleton, featuring the virtuosic percussion of Quentin E. Baxter, his acclaimed collaborator from Ranky Tanky.

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Kronos Quartet

Charleston Music Hall

Kronos Quartet returns to National Sawdust for a night dedicated to compositions that "Awaken the Future," including a world premiere by 2019 Hildegard Commission Winner and composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, featuring a sound sculpture by Roxanne Nesbitt. Former quartet member and acclaimed cellist Jeffrey Zeigler will perform alongside the trailblazing contemporary music champions. The program also explores the fantastical worlds of Kronos friends Nicole Lizée, Peni Candra Rini, and Gabriella Smith. Smith's epic work "Keep Going" highlights the issues surrounding climate change, and celebrates those individuals who keep fighting for solutions and for our future.

Kronos Quartet: Awaken the Future

National Sawdust

“No string quartet has ever been so popular or has had so wide an audience, globally, and culturally” (Los Angeles Times). The trailblazing Kronos Quartet continues to rewrite the rules of the string quartet, proving time and again the urgent relevance of the beloved art form. Experience the ensemble members’ virtuosity and adventuresome spirit when they return to Carnegie Hall with a program that features two premieres co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall: music by Sun Ra, reimagined by Terry Riley and Sara Miyamoto in collaboration with Kronos, and a new piece by Norwegian artists Benedicte Maurseth and Kristine Tjøgersen—with Maurseth and Kronos joining forces on Hardanger fiddles. Also on the program is Aleksandra Vrebalov’s lyrical Gold Came From Space, a New York premiere written for Kronos.
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Carnegie Hall

Join us for an extraordinary evening of classical music as the Kronos Quartet celebrates five decades of groundbreaking achievements in the world of music. This special event, part of a series of fifty performances commemorating the quartet's illustrious career, is set to take place on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 7 pm in the iconic Royce Hall.

The Kronos Quartet, founded nearly 50 years ago by violinist David Harrington, has redefined the boundaries of the string quartet. With David Harrington on violin, alongside John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello), the quartet has become a beacon of innovation, commissioning over 1,000 works and collaborating with an array of composers and musicians from across the globe. Their repertoire, vast and culturally rich, addresses contemporary issues and explores a wide spectrum of cultural expressions.

This performance, titled "KRONOS Five Decades," promises to be a reflection of the quartet's storied legacy, showcasing their commitment to pushing the limits of the string quartet genre. The event is supported by generous contributions from Fariba Ghaffari and the Royce Center Circle Endowment.

UCLA students are encouraged to seize this unique opportunity to witness the Kronos Quartet's virtuosity and musical expansiveness live. Tickets are available now for what promises to be a memorable night celebrating the enduring legacy and future of the Kronos Quartet at Royce Hall.

Kronos Quartet: Five Decades

University of California, Los Angeles

Kronos Quartet, the renowned, ever-evolving, musically expansive string quartet, celebrates fifty years of innovation with KRONOS Five Decades, featuring David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Paul Wiancko (cello). The latest chapter in an already storied legacy, this performance is one of fifty in a series of events planned to commemorate this career milestone.

For nearly 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet - David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello)—has challenged and reimagined what a string quartet can be. Founded at a time when the form was largely centered on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time.

A Thousand Thoughts: Kronos Quartet And Live Documentary Film Narrated By Sam Green

Soka Performing Arts Center

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with Emmy Award®-winning writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary classical music group Kronos Quartet to create a “live documentary” that chronologically unfolds the quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Wildly creative and experimental in form, A Thousand Thoughts is a meditation on music itself—the act of listening closely to music, the experience of feeling music deeply, and the power that music has to change the world.

Kronos Quartet & Sam Green

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

For 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello)—has blended sounds across lines of culture and era, moving beyond the typical terrain for a string quartet. Through brave sonic explorations into the pressing issues of our time, Kronos has established a worldwide influence. Kronos has collaborated with many of the world’s most celebrated composers, breathing new life into the musical landscape.

Stanford University

The perpetually groundbreaking Kronos Quartet welcomes a once-in-a-lifetime lineup of guest artists and ensembles to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This special concert includes a short film by award-winning documentarian Sam Green; the New York premieres of Carnegie Hall co-commissioned works by Michael Gordon and Gabriella Smith; and an extraordinary new “Sunrise Jam” version of Terry Riley’s Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector for 50 musicians.

The San Francisco-based, Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Paul Wiancko (cello)—are the special guests for tonight’s concert. For nearly five decades Kronos Quartet has challenged and reimagined what a string quartet can be. Kronos is one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our era, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 70 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, and collaborating with many of the world’s most accomplished composers and performers. Through its nonprofit organization

Kronos Quartet in Concert

Civic Auditorium Santa Cruz

Free conversation: An inside look at the Kronos Fifty for the Future project from the perspective of both composers and performers with Kronos founder David Harrington, composer/instrumentalists Rafiq Bhatia (guitar), Soo Yeon Lyuh (haegeum), Paul Wiancko (Kronos Quartet cellist), and others.

Kronos Festival Lab – Conversation: About Kronos Fifty for The Future

SFJAZZ Center

For 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, they have created 70 critically acclaimed recordings, collaborated with visionary artists and composers, and performed thousands of concerts across the globe. to The San Francisco-based ensemble celebrates its 50th anniversary with the KRONOS Five Decades tour, bringing new commissions, signature works from its repertoire, and pieces from Kronos’ Fifty for the Future project to Santa Fe.

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David Harrington

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Jun 2, 2025

Kronos Quartet · Spoleto Festival USA

May 3, 2025

Kronos Quartet: Awaken the Future · National Sawdust

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