Kronos Quartet and Wu Man stun with Tan Dun

By Simon Holden, 11 March 2013

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Reviewed at The Civic, Auckland on 9 March 2013

Dun, Ghost Opera

Wu Man, A Chinese Home

Kronos Quartet

Wu Man, Pipa

Kronos Quartet sets a course for the future with a night of new works

Kurt Gottschalk, 21st October

The program, drawn from Kronos’s 50 for the Future commissions, ranged from the exotic to the complex, with students joining in for a Philip Glass string orchestra finale.

****1

An alluring Common Ground

Jaime Robles, 6th October

Abstract ballet always asks the question of meaning, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet is one of the few companies that answers that question with existential exactness.

*****

Reich celebrations at the Paris Philharmonie

Leopold Tobisch, 13th November

Five hours of repetitive music on a Sunday evening may be a hellish way for some to end the week; fortunately, I belong in the second category. A concert series named “Steve Reich Unlimited” therefore required no further selling points.

****1

Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet resurrect Dracula

Leopold Tobisch, 7th July

Philip Glass performs his music to the film Dracula, alongside the Kronos Quartet at the Philharmonie de Paris.

***11

Landfill: Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet

Leopold Tobisch, 26th April

Laurie Anderson takes us on a dizzying journey in her weirdly wonderful Landfall, performed with the Kronos Quartet.

****1

Kronos Quartet premieres in NYC

Jacob Slattery, 7th March

If the Kronos Quartet had their way, every new slice of contemporary music would be a string quartet. In the basement of Carnegie Hall, the Kronos Quartet premiered three new works and one newish work to celebrate the life of Kronos’ dear friend, Larry Neff.

****1

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Simon Holden

Simon is an operaphile based in Auckland, New Zealand. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese popular music. With a background in piano and classical music retail, he spends his time attending as much opera or vocal concert as he can and blogs at irishenceaway.blogspot.com.