with Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
"I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool," says Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington. Over the past 30 years, Kronos has pursued its singular artistic vision, becoming one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, and collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers. Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud played with Kronos for 20 years before she left the group in 1998. She joins Kronos onstage for the first time in 10 years for the world premiere of a new quintet composed for the artists by Vladimir Martynov, one of Russia's most prominent composers.
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Education/Community Events
Artist Talk
David Harrington, Artistic Director, Kronos Quartet
Sonic Immersion: An Exploration of Eclectic and Unusual Sounds and Musics
Mon, Dec 7, 7 pm, 125 Morrison Hall
Through more than three decades of work with the Kronos Quartet, David Harrington has had a profound impact on contemporary music, bringing a wide array of musical and sonic influences into the string quartet repertoire and the world of Western classical music. In the process, he and Kronos have expanded the perspectives and range of sound possibilities available to performers, composers and audiences alike. Harrington will play a diverse selection of recordings that provide insight into his creative and curatorial process: commissioning works from composers who can re-envision what a string quartet is able to do, developing concert experiences that expand the definition of what a string quartet performance can be, and assembling recording projects that challenge established ideas of how a string quartet can sound. The world of sounds that influence his work is expansive and eclectic, and examples for this presentation will be drawn from a extensive sound-recording collection amassed over three decades of international concertizing; in previous presentations his selections have ranged from the sounds of Weddell seals in Antarctica to a Tuareg band from Timbuktu.
Harrington will share sounds and musics that have surprised, magnetized and motivated him in a conversation with David Wessel, co-director of the Center for New Music and Audio Technology. This event is presented by the Berkeley Center for New Media as part of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium, a series sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor.
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Sightlines
Sun, Dec 13, Hertz Hall
Post-performance discussion with the artists. This Sightlines event is free to all event ticket holders.
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Program Notes
Program notes are available approximately one week before the performance.
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There are multiple audio clips available on the Kronos Quartet and Joan Jeanrenaud's MySpace sites.
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Artists links: Kronos Quartet site
Joan Jeanrenaud site
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Venue: Hertz Hall
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