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Friday, June 21Program 2, Miner Auditorium, 7:30PM
Kronos Quartet performs with special guests Carmen Cheung Ka-Man, Brooke Gladstone, Nathalie Khankan, Dale Minami, and Tanya Tagaq
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Nicole Lizée / Black MIDI *
I. Kronoscope
II. The Tuning Fork
III. Pictionary Night
IV. MIDI in the Schools
V. The Problem with Black MIDI VI. The Scarf
VII. 1978
VIII. Cassette Culture
Jonathan Berger / Hajar Yasini * ????? ????????
with poetry by Nathalie Khankan and video by Penny Hes Yassour
with special guest Tanya Tagaq, vocals:
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Sivunittinni *
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Paul Wiancko) / "Watchwolf" *
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Tanya Tagaq, Kronos Quartet, and Joel Tarman) / Colonizer (Remix) +
Peyton Nelesen / Tempus * ????? ????????
María E / Bonito...'E * ????? ????????
Active Radio ????? ????????
featuring Dale Minami and Carmen Cheung Ka-Man in conversation with Brooke Gladstone
with music performed by Kronos Quartet
* Written for Kronos
** Written for KRONOS Five Decades / 50th Anniversary Season
+ Arranged for Kronos
Program subject to change.
Night two of the Festival features the world premiere of "Active Radio," featuring unscripted, on-stage conversation between Peabody-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC’s "On the Media," and the SF-based civil rights lawyer and activist Dale Minami, best known for his work leading the legal team that overturned the conviction of Fred Korematsu. "Active Radio" is paired with a live performance by Kronos.
The program also includes the world premiere of "Hajar Yasini" by Jonathan Berger, an elegy commemorating the Palestinian village of Deir Yasin, with a recitation by poet Nathalie Khankan and film by Penny Hes Yassour. Nicole Lizée’s "Black MIDI," an interpretation of the underground music phenomenon known as Black MIDI, is constructed as a series of film shorts where each scene is enhanced and manipulated by the performers. The Canadian Inuit composer and throat singer Tanya Tagaq joins Kronos for a set of her own compositions, including the Bay Area premiere of "Watchwolf," and the program also features two world premieres from Peyton Nelesen and María E, 2023-24 Luna Composition Lab Fellows.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
This year, Kronos Festival celebrates five decades of musical innovation, collaboration, and boundary-pushing artistry. The Festival will feature a slate of world and Bay Area premieres commissioned as part of the KRONOS Five Decades season and include guest artists Wu Man (pipa virtuoso and composer), Brooke Gladstone (journalist), David Lei (community activist), Tanya Tagaq (singer/composer), Nathalie Khankan (poet), Dale Minami (civil rights lawyer), Mahsa Vahdat (singer/composer), Sam Green (filmmaker), and the San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe. A highlight of this year's Festival is the farewell performances of violinist John Sherba and violist Hank Dutt, long-standing members of Kronos Quartet for more than 45 years. Their retirement marks the end of an era, making this Festival a poignant moment for both the quartet and devoted fans. The final day of the Festival features A Thousand Thoughts, a live documentary chronicling the quartet’s career, written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini. This will be the 41st and final performance of A Thousand Thoughts, which has been seen around the world since its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
This year the Festival will also feature six world premieres from Luna Composition Lab (LCL), a project founded in 2016 by composers Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid that provides mentorship, education, and resources for young female, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming composers ages 13-18. Kronos has partnered with LCL as their ensemble in residence this season, providing mentorship and workshop opportunities to the six 23–24 LCL Fellows as they developed their new compositions. Kronos is proud to showcase these premieres across the Festival in celebration of our next generation of musical voices.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & THANKS
Kronos Festival is produced by the Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA) and is part of the San Francisco–based 501(c)3 nonprofit’s KRONOS PRESENTS program. It is made possible by support from San Francisco Grants for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Bernard Osher Foundation.
Kronos Festival Design by Dan D. Shafer.
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