A spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
Presented by: The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts at the Osher Marin JCC
For 45 years, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet - David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) - has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 1000 works and arrangements for string quartet.
The group has won over 40 awards, including two Grammys, the prestigious Polar Music and Avery Fisher Prizes, and the World Music Expo (WOMEX) Artist Award. The nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association manages all aspects of Kronos' work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home season performances, education programs, and the annual Kronos Festival.
In 2015, Kronos launched 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, an education and legacy project that is commissioning-and distributing online for free-50 new works for string quartet composed by 25 women and 25 men.
"Kronos proved that the string quartet, long the most self-consciously 'classical' of classical ensembles, could become a kind of all-terrain vehicle in contemporary culture." - The New Yorker
The Kanbar Center offers for purchase a selection of wine, beer and soft drinks along with Peet's coffee, Numi tea and a variety of snacks and freshly baked goods. Concessions may be enjoyed throughout the performance in the theater.
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Presented by: The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts at the Osher Marin JCC
For 45 years, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet - David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) - has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 1000 works and arrangements for string quartet.
The group has won over 40 awards, including two Grammys, the prestigious Polar Music and Avery Fisher Prizes, and the World Music Expo (WOMEX) Artist Award. The nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association manages all aspects of Kronos' work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home season performances, education programs, and the annual Kronos Festival.
In 2015, Kronos launched 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, an education and legacy project that is commissioning-and distributing online for free-50 new works for string quartet composed by 25 women and 25 men.
"Kronos proved that the string quartet, long the most self-consciously 'classical' of classical ensembles, could become a kind of all-terrain vehicle in contemporary culture." - The New Yorker
The Kanbar Center offers for purchase a selection of wine, beer and soft drinks along with Peet's coffee, Numi tea and a variety of snacks and freshly baked goods. Concessions may be enjoyed throughout the performance in the theater.
A spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
Presented by: The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts at the Osher Marin JCC
For 45 years, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet - David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) - has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 1000 works and arrangements for string quartet.
The group has won over 40 awards, including two Grammys, the prestigious Polar Music and Avery Fisher Prizes, and the World Music Expo (WOMEX) Artist Award. The nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association manages all aspects of Kronos' work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home season performances, education programs, and the annual Kronos Festival.
In 2015, Kronos launched 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, an education and legacy project that is commissioning-and distributing online for free-50 new works for string quartet composed by 25 women and 25 men.
"Kronos proved that the string quartet, long the most self-consciously 'classical' of classical ensembles, could become a kind of all-terrain vehicle in contemporary culture." - The New Yorker
The Kanbar Center offers for purchase a selection of wine, beer and soft drinks along with Peet's coffee, Numi tea and a variety of snacks and freshly baked goods. Concessions may be enjoyed throughout the performance in the theater.
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Presented by: The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts at the Osher Marin JCC
For 45 years, San Francisco's Kronos Quartet - David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) - has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world's most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 1000 works and arrangements for string quartet.
The group has won over 40 awards, including two Grammys, the prestigious Polar Music and Avery Fisher Prizes, and the World Music Expo (WOMEX) Artist Award. The nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association manages all aspects of Kronos' work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home season performances, education programs, and the annual Kronos Festival.
In 2015, Kronos launched 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, an education and legacy project that is commissioning-and distributing online for free-50 new works for string quartet composed by 25 women and 25 men.
"Kronos proved that the string quartet, long the most self-consciously 'classical' of classical ensembles, could become a kind of all-terrain vehicle in contemporary culture." - The New Yorker
The Kanbar Center offers for purchase a selection of wine, beer and soft drinks along with Peet's coffee, Numi tea and a variety of snacks and freshly baked goods. Concessions may be enjoyed throughout the performance in the theater.
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