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Prom 14: Kronos Quartet – review

5223 days ago
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

Festivals guide 2012 listings: boutique festivals

5283 days ago
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

This week's cultural highlights: The Raid and Bath festival jazz weekend

5288 days ago
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

How digital technology is impacting classical music: three voices

5341 days ago
Mercury News, California — Pianist Kirill Gerstein, cellist Matt Haimovitz and Kronos Quartet production designer Larry Neff talk about their adventures on the digital cutting edge and where they may lead. more info

Various Artists: Noise & Chill Out: Ethiopian Groove Worlwide – review

5389 days ago
Guardian Music — (Buda/Discovery)With his Ethiopiques series, producer Francis Falceto transformed western ideas about African music by rereleasing classic recordings from the late 60s and early 70s, when Addis was transformed by musicians mixing local styles with US... more info

Awakening: A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11 – review

5403 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican Hall, LondonInitially performed in San Francisco on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Kronos Quartet's Awakening concert was recreated in New York last year for the 10th anniversary. In many respects a typical Kronos enterprise,... more info

Live music: coming up

5407 days ago
Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about the shows ... more info

The Kronos Quartet: the sky's the limit

5410 days ago
Guardian Music — From India to Iraq, Sesame Street to outer space, the Kronos Quartet make music everywhere. They talk to Tom ServiceThey are the only musicians to have both gone into space and appeared on Sesame Street. All right, the Kronos Quartet didn't actually... more info

Kronos Quartet: Raga Mishra Bhairavi - video

5410 days ago
Guardian Music — The quartet perform the Alap (opening section) from Raga Mishra Bhairavi by Ram Narayan (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova). Hank Dutt is the violist, the performance was at the Barbican's Ramadan Nights Festival in London on 26 September, 2008. more info

Kronos Quartet: Tashweesh - video

5410 days ago
Guardian Music — The quartet perform Ramallah Underground's Tashweesh, (arranged by the Kronos & J. Garchik), live at the Barbican's Ramadan Nights Festival, September 26, 2008 more info

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