2012 / 2013 Touring Season:

Kronos in Concert

Programs of eclectic and diverse repertoire from around the world, featuring new works by Derek Charke, Bryce Dessner, Allreza Farhang, Gabriel Kahane, Hanna Kulenty, Missy Mazzoli, Steve Reich, Nathaneil Stookey and Aleksandra Vrebalov.

Kronos in Collaboration

Artists the group is currently performing with include: Azerbaijan’s best known singer Alim Qasimov; Afghan rubab virtuoso Homayoun Sakhi; Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq; educator/ethnomusicologist Dr. Craig Woodson and iconoclastic clarinetist, David Krakauer.

A Chinese Home & Ghost Opera

Kronos presents an evening-length, staged performance featuring two major pieces with pipa virtuoso Wu Man. A Chinese Home is a reflection on Chinese cultural tradition and transition, inspired by the extraordinary story of Yin Yu Tang, a 300-year-old house from a southeastern Chinese village that was dismantled piece-by-piece at the turn of the millennium and rebuilt in the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts. Beyond the musical resources, A Chinese Home draws upon various visual media in its staging and is directed by Chen Shi-Zheng (Peony Pavilion). Ghost Opera by Tan Dun is the first half of this concert. Written for the Kronos Quartet and WuMan in 1994, It remains one of the most requested large-scale works of the Kronos. It was the first piece in which Kronos collaborated with Wu Man.

Music from 4 Fences

Music and Fence design by Jon Rose
Visual design by Willie Williams
Lighting by Laurence Neff
Sound design by Calvin Jones

In a repertory evening, Jon Rose’s Music from 4 Fences is a visual and sonic event. The Fence can be a powerful metaphor for the politics of confinement, separation and control. With this piece, artists transform the device into something entirely different.

Sun Rings – 10th Anniversary Tour

Music by Terry Riley, sounds from space
Visual design by Willie Williams
commissioned by the NASA Art Program.

Kronos’ groundbreaking, evening length work based on visual and recorded sounds from space as provided by NASA, has been seen in major concert halls around the world. The 2012-13 concert season provides an opportunity to celebrate this multi-media masterpiece remounted on the occasion of its 10th anniversary