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50 new pieces for string quartet

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, the legendary Kronos Quartet asked 50 composers from all over the world to compose a string quartet. Resulting in a library of 50 contemporary pieces: ’50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire’. Designed to guide string quartets in developing and honing the skills required for the performance of 21st-century repertoire.

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About Kronos’ 50 For the Future

These 50 pieces reflect the rich sound of the world and together form an unprecedentedly versatile and up-to-date kaleidoscope of today’s string quartet.

‘Each piece is a real piece, a real investment in making a future in music possible’
– David Harrington, Kronos Quartet

Watch a documentary on the project, the composers, the quartets and the weekend organized by the String Quartet Biennale and Ragazze Quartet in 2023 May on YouTube via this links: episode 1, episode 2, episode 3, episode 4, episode 5 and episode 6.

No concerts or performances are scheduled

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Reviews

Garth Knox

'The Ragazze Quartet are a uniquely exciting and innovative group, and collaborating with them was for me a very stimulating and creative adventure, totally rewarding!'

Gramophone

‘Several of these pieces have been previously recorded, but not both the sense of enjoyment as radiated by the Ragazze or Knox himself. Vividly recorded (..) his new release is both provocative and engaging, and can be warmly recommended.’

The Strad

‘The Dutch Ragazze Quartet is all over Knox's tonally-tinged, whimsical music, which – aided by a tight, lifelike recording – is presented to the listener with ideal clarity and tremendous panache.’

Listen to Open Spaces

In the context of 50 For the Future, the Ragazze Quartet has, together ground-breaking composer and violist Garth Knox, released an album with Knox’s most recent works. On this album you will find ‘Four Into Twenty’, written specifically for the Ragazze Quartet, as well as ‘Satellites’, commissioned by the Kronos Quartet.

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