Collaboration. It's at the heart of many of NPR Music's finest moments. And it's in the DNA of the intrepid Kronos Quartet, which some 40 years ago began working with composers around the globe to ...
San Francisco's legendary Kronos Quartet will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a free concert in Golden Gate Park. The program will include new works and signature pieces from its vast repertoire, ...
AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot has announced another new tribute album honoring Sun Ra. Outer Spaceways Incorporated - Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra, out June 21, is the fourth volume in the ...
Irish composer and violist Garth Knox recently wrote a piece called Satellites, which, he says, tries to express sounds he imagines coming from outer space. At a Carnegie Hall rehearsal studio, he ...
The Musician Listens article by Lawrence Peryer, published on October 25, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Radio & Podcasts ...
In August of 1973, Seattle-based violinist David Harrington listened to composer George Crumb's Black Angels for the first time on a radio program, This initial encounter with an amplified string ...