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The Kronos Quartet
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Founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973, Kronos Quartetis is famous string quartet. The quartet has been located in San Francisco, California since 1978. Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and Joan Jeanrenaud on cello have became the the longest-running couplets of performers from 1978 to1999. In 1999, Jeanrenaud was replaced by Jennifer Culp who in turn replaced by Zeigler in 2005.
Kronos is popular for its new music with a long history of empowering new works. Kronos Quartet has created more than 600 novel works to date. Kronos has associated with several minimalist composers including Arvo Pärt, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Roberto Carnevale and Kevin Volans. It has collaborated with composers hailing from different countries like Franghiz Ali-Zadeh from Azerbaijan and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Golijov is a popular composer who has done compositions and arrangements for Kronos CDs for example Caravan and Nuevo.
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Artist Biography - The Kronos Quartet
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Recently, the Kronos Quartet has launched a commission process for young composers under the age of 30. It is aiming to bring the young talent of our day to light. Kronos is famous for its diverse choice and wonderful mixing of a very broad range of musical genres for example Mexican folk, pre-classical early music, movie soundtracks, experimental, jazz and tango. Kronos has even recorded adaptations of Sigur Rós's "Flugufrelsarinn", Television's "Marquee Moon", Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze", and Raymond Scott's "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals".
Other than composers, Kronos has brought renowned artists including the legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle, the American soprano Dawn Upshaw, Mexican pop-rockers Cafe Tacuba, and the Romanian gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks, from different corners of world to a single platform making a strong team. Kronos has done many performances with the likes of the late poet Allen Ginsberg, the Modern Jazz Quartet, David Bowie, and Björk. It has and has come along on recordings with several diverse talents like singer-songwriters Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traore, Dave Matthews, Joan Armatrading and Texas yodeler Don Walser.
Once David Harrington said
"I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be. But it has to be expressive of life. To tell the whole story with grace and humor and depth. And to tell the whole story, if possible".
Kronos is credited with many awards and Grammy nominations for its performances and new music. It was awarded with National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Recording Academy President's Merit Award in 2005, Musical America, Musicians of the Year in 2003, and Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance on "The Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw for Berg" in 2004.
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