EVENTS
Kronos Festival
Apr. 25, 2025 | SFJAZZ Center - San Francisco, California
Kronos Festival, Night 1
Terry Riley: Good Medicine from Salome Dances for Peace
Hildur Guonadóttir: Folk Faer Andlit [world premiere]
Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik & Andy McGraw): Segara Gunung - IV. Hujan
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik): A Shout
Soo Yeon Lyuh: Sumbisori [world premiere], feat. Soo Yeon Lyuh
Aleksandra Vrebalov: Cardinal Directions [world premiere] feat. Vân-Ánh Võ
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going
I. Keep Going
II. Isabel
III. Water
IV. Driftwood Jam
V. What I love the most
performed by Kronos Quartet
with special guests Soo Yeon Lyuh & Vân-Ánh Võ.
Kronos Festival Lab feat. Gabriella Smith
Apr. 26, 2025 | Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ Center - San Francisco, California
details and special guests TBD
Equinox Festival
Aug.6.2024 | Folkehuset Absalon - Copenhagen, Denmark
“In partnership with Absalon, Equinox will be hosting an evening of quizzes and live music, based around Gabriella Smith's crazy and wonderful work Carrot Revolution for string quartet.”
Adam Koch & Hulda Jónsdóttir, violins
Minna Svedberg, viola and host
Joel Laakso, cello
Festival des Arcs | Benjamin Millepied
Jul.21.2024 | Centre Bernard Taillefer, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Carte Blanche à Benjamin Millepied
Programme en cours d’élaboration
Joseph Canteloube: Chant d’Auvergne
Quincy Jones: NC œuvre
Bill Evans: Peace piece
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Ruth Rosique, soprano
Eric Crambes, violon
Augustin Dumay, violon
Olivia Hughes, violon
Hélène Levionnois, alto
Eric Levionnois, violoncelle
Michel Dalberto, piano
Jennifer Fichet, piano
Benjamin Millepied, chorégraphe
Loup Marcault, danseur
Caroline Osmont, danseuse
JACK Quartet
Jul.4.2024 | Hôtel Maynier-Oppède, Aix-en-Provence, France (more info)
Jul.6.2024 | Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy (more info)
Jul.17.2024 | Madison Square Park, NYC (more info)
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
and other works
performed by JACK Quartet
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
May.17.2024 | Zurich, Switzerland: Volkshaus
Apr.9.2024 | Beaverton, Oregon: Reser Center
Apr.4.2024 | Rohnert Park, California: Weill Hall
Feb.23.2024 | Scottsdale, Arizona: Virginia G. Piper Theater
Feb.22.2024 | Tucson, Arizona: Centennial Hall
Feb.4.2024 | Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: Foellinger Great Hall
includes selections from Gabriella Smith’s Keep Going commissioned in celebration of Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary season, along with other works TBD
performed by Kronos Quartet
JACK Quartet
May.11.2024 | Wigmore Hall - London, UK (more info)
May 12.2024 | Pierre Boulez Saal - Berlin, Germany (more info)
Austin Wulliman: Dave’s Hocket
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet 1931
Morton Feldman: Structures
Juri Seo: Three Imaginary Chansons
Cenk Ergün: Sonare
Liza Lim: String Creatures
performed by JACK Quartet
Timo Andres at Carnegie Hall
Feb.23.2024 | Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall - New York
Robin Holcomb: Wherein Lies the Good
Ellington: "Single Petal of a Rose"
Timo Andres: New Work (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Ellington: “Prelude to a Kiss"
Copland: Piano Sonata
Ellington: "Reflections in D"
Gabriella Smith: Imaginary Pancake (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Philip Glass: Etude No. 20
performed by Timo Andres, piano
Festival Présences | Quatuor Tana
Feb.11.2024 | Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Studio 104 - Paris, France
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Othman Louati: Nouvelle œuvre (création mondiale)
Steve Reich: Different Trains
performed by Quatuor Tana
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
Jan.27.2024 | Bing Concert Hall - Stanford, California
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going [World Premiere]
Mariana Sadovska: Chernobyl: The Harvest
plus other works to be announced
performed by Kronos Quartet
with special guest Mariana Sadovska, voice and harmonium
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
Jan.12.2024 | Cité de la Musique - Paris, France
George Crumb: Black Angels
Aleksandra Vrebalov: ilektrikés rímes [French premiere]
Jlin: Little Black Book
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabate (arr. Jacob Garchik): Tegere Tulon – V. Janety
Trey Spruance: NEW WORK – excerpt [French premiere]
Gabriella Smith: Keep Going – I. [French premiere]
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
performed by Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet: Five Decades
Sep.7.2023 | Bogotá, Colombia: Teatro Colsubsidio
Sep.24.2023 | Gualala, California: Gualala Arts Center
Oct.10.2023 | Cincinnati, Ohio: Memorial Hall
Oct.11.2023 | Indianapolis, Indiana: Schrott Center for the Arts
Oct.15.2023 | Katowice, Poland: NOSPR
Oct.17.2023 | Antwerp, Belgium: Blauwe Zaal, De Singel
Oct.21.2023 | London, UK: Barbican Hall
Nov.3.2023 | New York: Stern Auditorium - Carnegie Hall
includes Keep Going (movement I. from Gabriella Smith’s new work for Kronos Quartet, commissioned in celebration of their 50th anniversary season)
plus other works to be announced
performed by Kronos Quartet
Manchester Collective
Mar.16.2023 | The White Hotel - Salford, UK
Mar.17.2023 | Future Yard - Birkenhead, UK
Mar.18.2023 | Howard Assembly Room - Leeds, UK
Mar.22.2023 | Strange Brew - Bristol, UK
Mar.23.2023 | Lakeside Arts - Nottingham, UK
Mar.24.2023 | Kings Place - London, UK
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
Edmund Finnis: String Quartet No. 2
Moor Mother: DREAM CULTURE [World Premiere]
Franz Schubert: Death and the Maiden, II.
George Crumb: Black Angels
Rakhi Singh, music director
Manchester Collective, amplified string quartet
Kamus Quartet
Mar.2.2023 | Espoo Cultural Centre, Tapiola hall - Espoo, Finland
Veli-Matti Puumala: String Quartet no.2 (Premiere)
Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution
performed by Kamus Quartet:
Terhi Paldanius, violin
Jukka Untamala, violin
Jussi Tuhkanen, viola
Petja Kainulainen, cello