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Kronos Quartet
Formed in 1973
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The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical music. More than 1,200 works have been written for it. The quartet has recorded over 75 albums and received a number of awards.
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Le Kronos Quartet (Kronos Quartet) est un quatuor à cordes fondé par le violoniste David Harrington en 1973. Il est basé à San Francisco (Californie) depuis 1978.
L'effectif initial comprenait David Harrington et John Sherba aux violons, Hank Dutt à l'alto et Joan Jeanrenaud au violoncelle ; il est resté inchangé durant plus de vingt ans, de 1978 à 1999. En 1999, Jennifer Culp a remplacé Jeanrenaud, puis Jeffrey Zeigler a pris sa place en 2005, suivi par Sunny Yang en mars 2013 et enfin Paul Wiancko en février 2023. En 2024, John Sherba et Hank Dutt annoncent leur départ, après plus de 45 années de collaboration, laissant Harringon comme unique membre original du quatuor. Leur succèdent Gabriela Díaz au violon et Ayane Kozasa à l'alto.
Parmi les compositions emblématiques interprétées par le Kronos Quartet figurent Black Angels de George Crumb et Different Trains de Steve Reich.
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Discography
Albums
- 1985 Cadenza on the Night Plain
- 1985 Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
- 1986 Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow, and Hendrix
- 1986 Music of Bill Evans
- 1987 White Man Sleeps
- 1988 Winter Was Hard
- 1989 Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
- 1989 Salome Dances for Peace
- 1990 In Formation
- 1990 Black Angels
- 1991 Advent / Crisis & Overcoming / Transmutation
- 1991 Already It Is Dusk / ''Lerchenmusik''
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- 1991 String Quartet
- 1992 Pieces of Africa
- 1993 Du Cristal / …À La Fumée / Nymphéa
- 1993 Piano and Strings Quartet
- 1993 Short Stories
- 1993 String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" / String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia"
- 1993 At the Grave of Richard Wagner
- 1993 Piano and String Quartet
- 1994 Night Prayers
- 1995 Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass
- 1996 Howl, U.S.A.
- 1997 The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
- 1997 Ghost Opera
- 1997 The Complete Landmark Sessions
- 1997 Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
- 1998 Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
- 1998 The Complete String Quartets
- 2000 Kronos Caravan
- 2001 Requiem for Adam / Philosopher's Hand
- 2002 Nuevo
- 2003 String Quartet no. 4
- 2003 U.S. Highball
- 2005 Mugam Sayagi
- 2005 You’ve Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman’s Bollywood
- 2007 String Quartet no. 3 “...songs are sung”
- 2007 Oceana
- 2008 The Cusp of Magic
- 2008 Kronos Plays Holmgreen
- 2009 Floodplain
- 2010 Music of Central Asia, Volume 8: Rainbow
- 2011 Uniko
- 2011 String Quartets
- 2012 Music of Vladimir Martynov
- 2013 Aheym
- 2013 Under 30 Project: 1-4
- 2014 Music for Heart and Breath
- 2015 Tundra Songs
- 2015 Rebirth of a Nation
- 2016 Green Ground
- 2016 The Sea Ranch Songs
- 2017 Folk Songs
- 2017 Ladilikan
- 2018 Landfall
- 2018 Clouded Yellow
- 2019 Placeless
- 2019 Sun Rings
- 2020 Long Time Passing
- 2022 Mỹ Lai
- 2023 Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
- 2024 Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra
- 2025 Witness
- 2025 Forgive Us For
- 2026 Glorious Mahalia
- 2026 Zonelyhearts
EPs
- 1991 Five Tango Sensations
- 1991 Hunting: Gathering
- 1993 All the Rage
- 2025 Hard Rain
Singles
- 2007 Plays Sigur Rós
- 2017 Séraphîta
- 2017 Eh Ya Ye
- 2019 Smell Memory
- 2021 Vaya Vaya
