Most every Kronos Quartet fan who has followed the group through its four-decade career has a favorite Kronos moment. Mine is from around 1990 in El Paso, Texas, when a performance of Istvan Marta's powerfully evocative caused me to hyperventilate right there in the theater. The immense power the group unleashed that night is indicative of the astoundingly wide-ranging trove of music it has engendered 鈥� more than 800 new works and arrangements by composers from all over the world.
To mark the quartet's 40th anniversary, of Q2 Music spoke to some of the group's myriad composers and collaborators, from veteran to newcomer Dan Visconti of the Kronos . And our own Anastasia Tsioulcas talked with .
The celebrations don't stop here. This past Monday night, Q2 hosted a performance by the group, recorded live at The Greene Space, that you can online; they will also be providing an encore presentation of a 24-hour Kronos Quartet online this coming Sunday, March 30.
Have your own Kronos moment? Tell us about it in the comments section and on and . 鈥� Tom Huizenga
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