Terry Riley & Kronos Quartet
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Kronos Quartet (Michael Wilson)
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 boundaries of the string quartet by writing a series of pieces for the famed Kronos Quartet. The composer and the quartet join us for a live performance.
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Both Kronos and Terry being early adopters of technology, would you consider writing a piece for string quartet and robotic musical instruments? wonders the director of local musical robot makers LEMUR
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