Two new renditions of Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” memorialize the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test ...

Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and Iggy Pop are among the many artists featured on new versions of the classic 1963 Bob Dylan protest song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” ...

A diverse group of composers presented nine new and recent works at Carnegie Hall on Friday, ranging from exuberant joyfulness to existential questioning.

Kronos Quartet's "Awakening," which the group will perform Friday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, premiered last fall, a sonic quilt inspired by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and ...

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With “Sun Rings,” Terry Riley used NASA recordings from space to tap into our universal hopes — and push the string quartet into new territory.

Kronos is the 45-year-old quartet known as one of the earliest classical groups to take a rock-band-like approach, playing music mainly by living composers and often in response to current events ...

Kronos Quartet is celebrating 40 years of playing music together — and to mark the occasion, they're playing a celebration concert at Carnegie Hall in New York tomorrow night. Since their ...

Has anyone commissioned more musical works than the Kronos Quartet? It’s doubtful. Over the last 45 years, the San Francisco-based string quartet has commissioned some 950 pieces — and yes, ...

Kronos Quartet receives triple honors from the Library of Congress, including acquisition of their archive, D.Harrington's appointment as Kluge Chair, and 'Pieces of Africa' induction into the ...

On Friday, May 20, 2022, the renowned Kronos Quartet releases the world premiere recording of Mỹ Lai, the acclaimed opera composed by Jonathan Berger with libretto by Harriet Scott Chessman, on ...

The revered and influential new-music quartet based in the Bay Area hosts a series of concerts June 20-23 celebrating its 50th anniversary.