Kronos Quartet

In Studio: Kronos Quartet

Soundcheck | Sep 16, 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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