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The Next Festival of Emerging Artists With Kronos Quartet

  • June 12, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

The multi-GRAMMY-winning Kronos Quartet, which has “broken the boundaries of what string quartets do” and has “changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach” (The New York Times) joins The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, which returns 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 the world premieres of Jungyoon Wie’s Starlings, inti figgis-vizueta’s music by yourself for string orchestra, and Askim’s own new work, Songs My Mother Taught Me. The program also includes GRAMMY-winning composer Pascal Le Boeuf’s kinetic Transition Behavior and Serenade for Strings by Jan Radzyknski.

The fellows of the Next Festival will spend the week prior to the performance in residence at PS21, workshopping the pieces and conducting community engagements at Chatham Middle School.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Kronos Quartet, Guest Artists; with The Next Fest of Emerging Artists. Conducted by Artistic Director, Peter Askim

Terry Riley –  The Sands
Jungyoon Wie – Starlings (World Premiere)
Peter Askim – Songs My Mother Taught Me (World Premiere)
inti figgis-vizueta – music by yourself, for string orchestra (World Premiere)
Pascal Le Boeuf – Transition Behavior
Jan Radzynski – Serenade for Strings

Date & Time

Thu, Jun 12, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Venue Details

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance
PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

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