Kronos Quartet with Peni Candra Rini

PLUS: PRE-SHOW ARTIST TALK 6:30PM

Since its founding in San Francisco 50 years ago, when the form was largely centered on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time.

Integral to Kronos’ work is a series of long-running commissioning collaborations with hundreds of composers worldwide, including Indonesian gamelan vocalist Peni Candra Rini who joins as a special guest. In its most ambitious commissioning effort yet, its nonprofit organization, Kronos Performing Arts Association has recently completed Kronos Fifty for the Future. Through this initiative, Kronos has commissioned—and distributed online for free—50 new string quartet works written by composers from around the world. One of those new works will be presented in the evening’s program.