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Kronos Quartet
Wednesday 6 March 2013 -- 7:30 pm
Kronos Quartet
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
 
Presented By
Melbourne Recital Centre and Arts Projects Australia
ARTISTS

Kronos Quartet

PROGRAM

DESSNER Aheym (Homeward)
THIRLWELL Eremikophobia
LIZEE The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop [Fibre-Optic Flowers]
KARNIOL Sim Sholom (Arr: Berkson)
GARCHIK Luu thuy truong (Arr: Sinh)
WAGNER Prelude from Tristan und Isolde (Arr: Vrebalov)
SILVESTROV String Quartet No.3
CAFE TACUBA 12/12 (Arr: Golijov)

about this event

For nearly 40 years, the Kronos Quartet-David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello)-has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 45 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning more than 750 works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos has performed live with the likes of icons Allen Ginsberg, Zakir Hussain, Modern Jazz Quartet, Noam Chomsky, Rokia Traoré, Tom Waits, David Barsamian, Howard Zinn, Betty Carter, and David Bowie, and has appeared on recordings by such diverse talents as Nine Inch Nails, Amon Tobin, Dan Zanes, DJ Spooky, Dave Matthews, Nelly Furtado, Joan Armatrading and Don Walser.

 
Kronos performs an eclectic survey of state-of-the-art music from around the world - many of them Australian premieres - including the new string quartet by Valentin Silvestrov, a considered by luminary Arvo Pärt to be the world's "greatest living composer". It's classic Kronos and will be "an intense, heady experience that could move a listener to the core." - The New York Times
 
TICKET PRICES

A reserve $70 ($55 concession)
B reserve $60 ($45 concession)

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