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PROGRAM: KRONOS QUARTET

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY $,, )($- ! &:'( PM ! BING CONCERT HALL

KRONOS QUARTET

ARTISTS PROGRAM Kronos Quartet : Aheym (Homeward)* (2009) David Harrington, Nicole Lizée: Death to Kosmische* (2010) John Sherba, violin Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova): Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts)+ Hank Dutt, : No. 6* (Bay Area premiere) (2013) Sunny Yang, in three movements

Laurence Ne+, lighting designer *INTERMISSION* Brian Mohr, Richard Wagner (arr. Aleksandra Vrebalov): Prelude from Tristan und Isolde+ (1865) Anton Webern: Six Bagatelles, op. 9 (1911–1913) Mäßig Leicht bewegt Ziemlich fließend Sehr langsam Äußerst langsam Fließend

Valentin Silvestrov: String Quartet No. 3* (Bay Area premiere) (2011) I. Präludium/Prelude II. Pastorale III. Intermezzo IV. Intermezzo V. Serenade VI. Intermezzo VII. Postludium/Postlude

* Written for Kronos + Arranged for Kronos

A program insert will be provided at the performance.

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn o* all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you.

+& STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE JANUARY-FEBRUARY ")!* KRONOS QUARTET interdisciplinary composer/performer Zakir Hussain, the Modern Quartet, For 40 years, the Kronos Quartet— ). Noam Chomsky, Rokia Traoré, Tom David Harrington (violin), John Sherba Waits, David Barsamian, Howard Zinn, (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Integral to Kronos’ work is a series of Betty Carter, and and has Yang (cello)—has pursued a singular long-running, in-depth collaborations appeared on recordings by such diverse artistic vision, combining a spirit of with many of the world’s foremost talents as , Dan Zanes, DJ fearless exploration with a commitment composers. One of the quartet’s most Spooky, Dave Matthews, , to continually reimagining the string frequent composer-collaborators is , and Don Walser. In quartet experience. In the process, “Father of Minimalism” , dance, the famed choreographers Merce Kronos has become one of the most whose work with Kronos includes Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, celebrated and influential groups of our Salome Dances for Peace (1985–1986); and Eiko & Koma have created pieces time, performing thousands of concerts Sun Rings (2002), a multimedia, NASA- with Kronos’ music. worldwide, releasing more than 50 commissioned ode to the Earth and its recordings of extraordinary breadth and people, featuring celestial sounds and Kronos’ work has also featured creativity, collaborating with many of the images from space; and Another Secret prominently in a number of films, world’s most intriguing and accomplished eQuation for youth chorus and string including, most recently, the Academy composers and performers, and quartet, premiered at an April 2011 Award–nominated AIDS documentary commissioning more than 800 works and concert celebrating Riley’s 75th birthday. How to Survive a Plague (2012) and arrangements for string quartet. In 2011, Kronos commissioned and recorded the Dirty Wars (2012), a documentary exposé Kronos became the only recipient of three string quartets of Polish composer of covert warfare for which Kronos’ both the and the Avery Henryk Górecki, with whom the group David Harrington served as music Fisher Prize, two of the most prestigious worked for more than 25 years. The supervisor. Kronos also performed scores awards given to musicians. The group’s quartet has also collaborated extensively by Philip Glass for the films Mishima and numerous awards also include a with composers such as Philip Glass, Dracula (a restored edition of the 1931 Grammy Award for Best recording a CD of his string quartets Tod Browning-Bela Lugosi classic) and by Performance (2004) and Musicians of the in 1995 and premiering a new work in for the Darren Aronofsky Year (2003) from Musical America. 2013, among other projects; Azerbaijan’s films and Requiem for Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, whose works are a Dream. Additional films featuring Kronos’ adventurous approach dates back featured on the full-length 2005 release Kronos’ music include 21 Grams, Heat, to the ensemble’s origins. In 1973, David Mugam Sayagi; , from and True Stories. Harrington was inspired to form Kronos Kronos’ performance of the Grammy- after hearing ’s Black winning composition The quartet spends five months of Angels, a highly unorthodox, Vietnam (1989) to the September 11–themed WTC each year on tour, appearing in concert War–inspired work featuring bowed 9/11 (2011); and many more. halls, clubs, and festivals around the water glasses, spoken-word passages, world including the BAM Next Wave and electronic effects. Kronos then In addition to composers, Kronos counts Festival, , the Barbican began building a compellingly diverse numerous performers from around the in London, WOMAD, UCLA’s Royce repertoire for string quartet, performing world among its collaborators, including Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and recording works by 20th-century the Chinese pipa virtuoso ; Azeri Shanghai Concert Hall, and the Sydney masters (Bartók, Webern, Schnittke), master vocalist ; legendary Opera House. Kronos is equally prolific contemporary composers (, Bollywood “playback singer” Asha and wide-ranging on recordings. The , Aleksandra Vrebalov), Bhosle, featured on Kronos’ Grammy- ensemble’s expansive discography on jazz legends (Ornette Coleman, Charles nominated CD You’ve Stolen My Heart: includes collections Mingus, ), rock artists Songs from R. D. Burman’s Bollywood; like Pieces of Africa (1992), a showcase (guitar legend , Brazilian Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq; Mexican of African-born composers which electronica artist , Icelandic rockers Café Tacvba; sound artist and simultaneously topped Billboard’s indie-rock group Sigur Rós), and artists instrument builder Walter Kitundu; and Classical and World Music lists; 1998’s who truly defy genre (performance the Romanian Gypsy band Taraf de 10-disc anthology, Kronos Quartet: 25 artist , composer/ Haïdouks. Kronos has performed live Years; Nuevo (2002), a Grammy- and sound sculptor/inventor Trimpin, with the likes of icons , Latin Grammy–nominated celebration

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of Mexican culture; and the 2004 other education programs via the San and more. One of KPAA’s most exciting Grammy-winner ’s Lyric Francisco Conservatory of Music, the initiatives is the Kronos: Under 30 Suite. Among the group’s latest releases State Summer School for the Project, a unique commissioning and are Rainbow (, Arts, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Institute, residency program for composers under 2010), in collaboration with musicians the Barbican in London, and other age 30 that has now added five new from Afghanistan and Azerbaijan; institutions in the United States and works to the Kronos repertoire. By Uniko (Ondine, 2011), with Finnish overseas. Kronos is undertaking extended cultivating creative relationships with accordion/sampler duo educational residencies in 2013–2014 emerging and established artists from and Samuli Kosminen; and Music of at UC Berkeley’s Cal Performances, the around the world, Kronos and KPAA (Nonesuch, 2011). Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at reap the benefits of decades of wisdom Music publishers Boosey & Hawkes and the University of Maryland, the Special while maintaining a fresh approach to Kronos released sheet music for three Music School at the Kaufman Music music making. signature Kronos-commissioned works Center in New York City, and the Malta in Kronos Collection, Volume 1 (2006), Arts Festival. a performing edition edited by Kronos; FOR THE KRONOS QUARTET- Volume 2 was released in 2013. With a staff of 10 based in , KRONOS PERFORMING ARTS the nonprofit Kronos Performing ASSOCIATION: In addition to its role as a performing Arts Association (KPAA) manages all Janet Cowperthwaite, and recording ensemble, the quartet aspects of Kronos’ work, including the managing director is committed to mentoring emerging commissioning of new works, concert performers and composers and has tours, concert presentations in the San Laird Rodet, associate director led workshops, master classes, and Francisco Bay Area, education programs, Matthew Campbell, strategic initiatives director Sidney Chen, artistic administrator QUATTRO Scott Fraser, sound designer Christina Johnson, communications THE SPA and new media manager HOTEL Nikolás McConnie-Saad, office manager Brian Mohr, associate sound designer Hannah Neff, production associate Laurence Neff, production director Lucinda Toy, business operations manager Curtis Smith, chair, Board of Directors

Contact: Kronos Quartet/Kronos Performing Arts Association P.O. Box 225340 San Francisco, CA 94122-5340 USA www.kronosquartet.org www.facebook.com/kronosquartet www.myspace.com/kronosquartet 650.566.1200 | www.fourseasons.com/siliconvalley Twitter: @kronosquartet #kronos 2050 UNIVERSITY AVE, EAST PALO ALTO The Kronos Quartet records for Nonesuch Records.

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