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Kronos Quartet

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In Studio: Kronos Quartet

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Kronos Quartet has changed the world of chamber music. By championing new works, commissioning composers from Africa and Asia, playing arrangements of rock, jazz, and folk music, and exploring theater, intermedia, and electronics, Kronos has made the string quartet cool. They’ll play live in our studio.

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Terry Riley & Kronos Quartet

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Terry Riley has been one of the most influential composers of the past half century. Minimalism and psychedelic rock both owed him a huge debt, and when the Who wrote their song “Baba O’Riley,” it was inspired by Terry Riley. For the past 30 years, Riley has been expanding the ...

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