Mercury News, California — Newman's 'It Got Dark' will be performed Aug. 3 at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, featuring the Kronos Quartet plus a full orchestra. more info

Mercury News, California — Headliners include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell, soprano Deborah Voigt, pianist Richard Goode. Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin on a double bill, fado singer Mariza, the Kronos Quartet and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra... more info

Mercury News, California — Experiencing the West Coast premiere of Laurie Anderson's 'Landfall,' in a multimedia performance with the Kronos Quartet at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall, was like being inside a cult temple designed by film director Stanley Kubrick. Gorgeous and str... more info

Mercury News, California — Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet present their new work, 'Landfall,' at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall. more info

ContactMusic — Acclaimed classical music group Kronos Quartet have switched cellists for only the fifth time in their 40-year history.Sunny Jungin Yang, 28, will... more info

Mercury News, California — Jenny Bilfield was part of the core team that supervised the planning and construction of $112 million Bing Concert Hall, which opened Jan. 11, and the inaugural Bing season bears her mark, with premieres coming from Laurie Anderson, the Kronos Quart... more info

Guardian Music — Launched in 1992, the BBC's flagship music show is still going strong after 284 episodes. On the eve of series 41, we trawl through its rich archives and ask the presenter, the programme makers and veteran guests what makes Later Britain's greatest l... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonIt's hard to believe this was the Kronos Quartet's first Prom, with six works by living composers. And for those composers, being performed by Kronos must be a mixed blessing: they invest each score with such commitment that ... more info

Guardian Music — Here are the best small-scale music festivals of the summerAll Tomorrow's PartiesWhen 7-9 DecemberWhere Butlins, Minehead, SomersetWhat Eclectic get-together, curated by the NationalWho Kronos Quartet, the Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Me... more info

Guardian Music — Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreWah! Wah! GirlsBritish musical meets Bollywood in... more info