Despre Kronos Quartet

[Photograph by Zoran Orlic (c)]

De peste 30 de ani, Kronos Quartet – David Harrington (vioara), John Sherba (vioara), Hank Dutt (viola) si Jeffrey Zeigler (violoncel) – îsi urmeaza propria viziune, combinînd spiritul inovator cu extinderea continua a orizonturilor formatului de cvartet de coarde.

De-a lungul carierei lor, Kronos Quartet au avut multe colaborari cu “parintele minimalismului” Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Taraf de Haïdouks, Sigur Rós, Nine Inch Nails sau Amon Tobin. Kronos Quartet au aparut live alaturi de Allen Ginsberg, Zakir Hussain, Björk, Tom Waits sau David Bowie si au contribuit la albumele unor trupe sau muzicieni ca Faith No More, Dave Matthews, Nelly Furtado sau Rokia Traoré.
Muzica cvartetului Kronos a fost folosita de nenumarate în film - Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, Heat, 21 Grams sau True Stories fiind doar cîteva astfel de exemple.
Kronos Quartet petrec 5 luni pe an în turneu – în sali clasice de concerte, cluburi sau festivaluri din întreaga lume, printre care se remarca: festivalurile WOMAD, Ars Electronica, Donaufest, salile Carnegie Hall din New York sau Barbican din Londra, Concertgebouw din Amsterdam, Sala de Concerte din Shanghai sau Opera din Sydney.

Prestigiosul cvartet de coarde american va fi prezent la Bucuresti pe data de 11 mai 2008, la Studioul de Concerte “Mihail Jora” al Radiodifuziunii Române, într-un concert produs de Fundatia Phoenix.

Avem onoarea sa anuntam

Avem onoarea sa anuntam concetul Kronos Quartet la Bucuresti pe 11 mai 2008


About Kronos Quartet

For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential ensembles of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 40 recordings of extraordinary breadth and commissioning more than 500 works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos' work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.

Kronos' adventurous, eclectic repertoire encompasses works by 20th-century masters (Bartok, Shostakovich, Webern), contemporary composers (Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Part, Alfred Schnittke), jazz legends (Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk), and artists from even farther afield (rock guitar hero Jimi Hendrix, Pakistani vocal master Pandit Pran Nath, avant-garde saxophonist John Zorn). Integral to Kronos' work is a series of long-running, in-depth collaborations with many of the world's foremost composers, including Americans Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich; Azerbaijan's Franghiz Ali-Zadeh; and Argentina's Osvaldo Golijov. Additional artist collaborators from around the world have included the legendary Bollywood "playback singer" Asha Bhosle; renowned American soprano Dawn Upshaw; Mexican pop-rockers Cafe Tacuba; the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks; jazz greats Betty Carter and the Modern Jazz Quartet; Beat poet Allen Ginsberg; and pop music icons David Bowie and Tom Waits.

The Quartet spends five months of each year on tour, appearing in the world's most prestigious concert halls, clubs, and festivals. Kronos is equally prolific on CD, with a discography on Nonesuch Records including Pieces of Africa (1992), a showcase of African-born composers that simultaneously topped Billboard's Classical and World Music lists; Nuevo (2002), a Grammy- and Latin Grammy-nominated celebration of Mexican culture; and the 2003 Grammy-winner, Berg's Lyric Suite.