Kronos Quartet
San Francisco, California, USA
 Kronos Quartet
 Kronos Quartet
 Kronos Quartet
For 40 years, the Kronos Quartet - David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) - has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience. Kronos covers a very broad range of musical genres: Mexican folk, experimental, pre-classical early music, movie soundtracks (Requiem for a Dream, Heat, The Fountain), jazz and tango. Kronos has also recorded adaptations of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze", Sigur Rós's "Flugufrelsarinn", Television's "Marquee Moon", Raymond Scott's "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals", and Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". Kronos has also worked with a variety of global musicians.
Кронос-квартет (англ. Kronos Quartet) - американский струнный квартет, созданный в 1973 скрипачом Дэвидом Харрингтоном. Специализируется на новой и новейшей музыке самого широкого жанрового диапазона. Работает с приглашенными музыкантами из разных стран мира. Записали музыку для фильмов Реквием по мечте (Requiem for a Dream), Мисима (Mishima), Фонтан (The Fountain), Дракула (Dracula). Музыканты квартета исполнили и записали произведения ведущих композиторов классического авангарда.
Kronos Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert
The intrepid champions of new music from around the world bring a lullaby, some rare blues and a recent work by The National's Bryce Dessner to the offices of NPR Music.That degree of dedication to contemporary composers, coupled with an insane concert schedule, has propelled Kronos Quartet forward over the past four decades. If they wanted, the musicians — who also include founder David Harrington and longtime members John Sherba and Hank Dutt — could reminisce over more than 800 new works and arrangements they've commissioned in 40 years. But instead, the new-music train pushes ever onward to new territories. They remain a living, breathing world-heritage site for music.
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Kronos Quartet Projects
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