Kronos Festival: Program 3 (2024)

Name: Kronos Festival: Program 3 (2024)
Start: 2024-06-22T19:30:00-07:00
Location: SFJAZZ

Schedule

Sat Jun 22 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

SFJAZZ | San Francisco, CA

Saturday, June 22
Program 3, Miner Auditorium, 7:30PM
Kronos Quartet performs with special guests Mahsa Vahdat and the San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Terry Riley / This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!: Movement 3 *
Trey Spruance / Selections from The Black Art Book of St. Cyprian the Mage ** 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦
Mary Kouyoumdjian / NEW WORK ** 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Aftab Darvishi) / I Will Be Your Voice * 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦
with special guest Mahsa Vahdat, vocals
and two world premieres from the 2023–24 Luna Composition Lab Fellows
* Written for Kronos
** Written for KRONOS Five Decades / 50th Anniversary Season
+ Arranged for Kronos
Program subject to change.
Program 3 features works by some of Kronos’ longtime collaborators, including Terry Riley, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Trey Spruance, as well as performances with Mahsa Vahdat and the San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe. The program includes selections from Spruance's "The Black Art Book of St. Cyprian the Mage," as well as the world premiere of a new work by Mary Kouyoumdjian that explores what and who is left when something, or someone we love, is lost, both commissioned in celebration of KRONOS Five Decades. Iranian singer Vahdat takes the stage for a set featuring "I Will Be Your Voice," a new, original song arranged by Aftab Darvishi, and the quartet performs the third movement of Riley's lively and playful "This Assortment of Atoms — One Time Only!," written for Kronos Fifty for the Future. The program will also feature two world premieres from the 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.