Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet

by Jean-Marc BIRRAUX

/ Broadcast: Mezzo and GIE grand ouest

52 minutes - 2008

Kronos is as much a myth as a living reality. This American quartet, which is returning to Le Mans two years after its memorable first concert, proves it by including in the programme a flurry of its latest productions that have had diverse influences : India, Iran, American Jazz...

Their latest creation, written by a young composer of Russian origin, Vladimir Martynov, will find its place along with compositions by Anton Webern and medieval music by Hildegard von Bingen...