I wasn’t nervous. I was worried about the sound and lighting booth people, and the electrical situation. I think the right thing was done, of course. In preparing for the pieces I am writing about Mr.

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Kronos Quartet was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1973 by Artistic ...

The Kronos Quartet is a study in contrasts. Playing in a darkened Tryon Festival Theater, this quartet is unusual in bringing along an audio engineer and a lighting supervisor. Hence, their ...

So begins the Kronos Quartet's exploration of George Crumb's "Black Angels," a bleak journey through the Vietnam War, which the string quartet is to perform tonight along with Quartet No. 5 by Philip ...

Has anyone commissioned more musical works than the Kronos Quartet? It’s doubtful. Over the last 45 years, the San Francisco-based string quartet has commissioned some 950 pieces — and yes, that tally ...

When you think about a string quartet, you don’t necessarily imagine wanting to get up and dance. But San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet has been pushing the boundaries of classical music for more ...

When something seems too good to be true, that may turn out to be the case. At least that was how it was for me when three things I ordinarily enjoy came together in a way that was more frustrating ...

The inimitable Kronos Quartet kicks off its fourth annual hometown festival tonight, and the lineup, as always, is dazzlingly eclectic. Included in the weekend festivities, tonight through Sunday, are ...

For more than 40 years, the Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of ...

The group, which celebrated its birthday on Friday at Carnegie Hall, changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach. By Zachary Woolfe In works like “John Somebody,” he mixed the ...