Venue: Hertz Hall
Price: $42
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Widely hailed as the most important new-music ensemble of our time, Kronos Quartet returns to perform the world premiere of long-time collaborator Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic, commissioned in celebration of Riley's 70th birthday and featuring world-renowned pipa (long-necked Chinese lute) virtuoso Wu Man. The program will also include the Bay Area premiere of Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 8, Black Woman Rising, and Felipe Pérez Santiago's CampoSanto ("Holy Ground").
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Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here.
Education and Community Events: Sightlines event: Sun, May 1, HH — Post-concert discussion with the artists
Related Performances:
Takács Quartet
Brentano String Quartet
Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Emanuel Ax, piano
Musicians from Marlboro
Miró Quartet
Berkeley Edge Fest
Artists links:
Official Kronos Quartet site
Official Wu Man site
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