The multi-GRAMMY-winning Kronos Quartet, which has “broken the boundaries of what string quartets do” and “changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach” (The New York Times) joins The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, returning to PS21 for the third straight year.
The program features world premieres by some of today’s most adventurous voices, and is a special celebration in honor of the 90th birthday of Terry Riley, known as the founding father of minimalism.
Next Festival Founding Artistic Director Peter Askim leads a string orchestra of gifted early-career string players in Terry Riley’s The Sands (composed for Kronos) and …