BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T081039CEST-7975cKdkU7@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130524T060539Z DESCRIPTION:For more than 30 years\, the Kronos Quartet&mdash\;David Harrin gton\, John Sherba (violins)\, Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cell o)&mdash\;has pursued a singular artistic vision\, combining a spirit of f earless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context o f the string quartet. In the process\, Kronos has become one of the most c elebrated and influential groups of our time\, performing thousands of con certs worldwide\, releasing more than 45 recordings of extraordinary bread th and creativity\, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic c omposers and performers\, and commissioning more than 650 works and arrang ements 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.\n\nKronos' adven turous approach dates back to the ensemble's origins. In 1973\, David Harr ington was inspired to form Kronos after hearing George Crumb's Black Ange ls\, a highly unorthodox\, Vietnam War-inspired work featuring bowed water glasses\, spoken word passages\, and electronic effects. Kronos then bega n building a compellingly diverse repertoire for string quartet\, performi ng and recording works by 20th-century masters (Bartó\;k\, Shostakov ich\, Webern)\, contemporary composers (Aleksandra Vrebalov\, John Adams\, Alfred Schnittke)\, jazz legends (Ornette Coleman\, Charles Mingus\, Thel onious Monk)\, and artists from even farther afield (rock guitar legend Ji mi Hendrix\, Azeri vocalist Alim Qasimov\, avant-garde saxophonist John Zo rn).\n\nIntegral to Kronos' work is a series of long-running\, in-depth co llaborations with many of the world's foremost composers. One of the quart et's most frequent composer-collaborators is &ldquo\;Father of Minimalism& rdquo\; Terry Riley\, whose work with Kronos includes the early Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector\; Cadenza on the Night Plain and Salome Dan ces for Peace\; 2002's Sun Rings\, a multimedia\, NASA-commissioned ode to the earth and its people\, featuring celestial sounds and images from spa ce\; and The Cusp of Magic\, commissioned in honor of Riley's 70th birthda y celebrations in 2005 and recorded and released in 2008. Kronos commissio ned and recorded the three string quartets of Polish composer Henryk Mikol aj Gó\;recki\, with whom the group has been working for more than 20 years. The quartet has also collaborated extensively with composers such as Philip Glass\, recording his complete string quartets and scores to fil ms like Mishima and Dracula (a restored edition of the Bela Lugosi classic )\; Azerbaijan's Franghiz Ali-Zadeh\, whose works are featured on the full -length 2005 release Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh\; Steve Rei ch\, whose Kronos-recorded Different Trains earned a Grammy\; Argentina's Osvaldo Golijov\, whose work with Kronos includes both compositions and ex tensive arrangements for albums like Kronos Caravan and Nuevo\; and many m ore.\n\nIn addition to composers\, Kronos counts numerous artists from aro und the world among its collaborators\, including the Chinese pipa virtuos o Wu Man\; legendary Bollywood "\;playback singer"\; Asha Bhosle\, featured on Kronos' Grammy-nominated CD\, You&rsquo\;ve Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood \; Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq\; Me xican rockers Café\; Tacuba\; genre defying sound artist and instrum ent builder Walter Kitundu\; the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haï\;dou ks\; renowned American soprano Dawn Upshaw\; and the unbridled British cab aret trio\, the Tiger Lillies. Kronos has performed live with the likes of icons Allen Ginsberg\, Zakir Hussain\, Modern Jazz Quartet\, Tom Waits\, David Barsamian\, Howard Zinn\, Betty Carter\, and David Bowie\, and has a ppeared on recordings by such diverse talents as Nine Inch Nails\, Amon To bin\, Dan Zanes\, DJ Spooky\, Dave Matthews\, Nelly Furtado\, Rokia Traor& eacute\;\, Joan Armatrading and Don Walser.\n\nKronos' music has also feat ured prominently in other media\, including film (Requiem for a Dream\, Th e Fountain\, 21 Grams\, Heat\, True Stories) and dance\, with noted choreo graphers such as Merce Cunningham\, Paul Taylor\, Twyla Tharp\, and Eiko & amp\; Koma setting pieces to Kronos' music.\n\nThe Quartet spends five mon ths of each year on tour\, appearing in concert halls\, clubs\, and festiv als around the world including BAM Next Wave Festival\, Carnegie Hall\, th e Barbican in London\, WOMAD\, UCLA's Royce Hall\, Amsterdam's Concertgebo uw\, Shanghai Concert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Kronos is equally p rolific and wide-ranging on disc. The ensemble's expansive discography on Nonesuch Records includes collections like Pieces of Africa (1992)\, a sho wcase of African-born composers\, which simultaneously topped Billboard's Classical and World Music lists\; 2000's Kronos Caravan\, whose musical &q uot\;travels"\; span North and South America\, Europe\, and the Middle East\; 1998's ten-disc anthology\, Kronos Quartet: 25 Years\; Nuevo (2002 )\, a Grammy- and Latin Grammy&ndash\;nominated celebration of Mexican cul ture\; and the 2003 Grammy-winner\, Alban Berg's Lyric Suite.\n\nKronos' r ecording and performances reveal only a fraction of the group's commitment to new music. \; As a non-profit organization based in San Francisco\ , the Kronos Performing Arts Association has commissioned hundreds of new works and arrangements for string quartet. \; Music publishers Boosey &\; Hawkes and Kronos have released sheet music for three signature wor ks\, all commissioned for Kronos\, in the first volume of the Kronos Colle ction\, a performing edition edited by Kronos. The quartet is committed to mentoring emerging professional performers\, and in 2007 Kronos led its f irst Professional Training Workshop with four string quartets as part of t he Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. \; One of Kronos' most exci ting initiatives is the Kronos: Under 30 Project\, a unique commissioning and composer-in-residence program for composers under 30 years old\, launc hed in conjunction with Kronos' own 30th birthday in 2003. By cultivating creative relationships with such emerging talents and a wealth of other ar tists from around the world\, Kronos reaps the benefit of 30 years' wisdom while maintaining a fresh approach to music-making inspired by a new gene ration of composers and performers. DTSTART:20100622T000000 DTEND:20100623T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:Kronos Quartet END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR