Chamber Music Cincinnati,
Classical,
Chamber Music Cincinnati,
Classical,
Tue, September 29, 2026
7:30 PM
$29.00 - $44.00
inc. $4 service chargeChamber Music Cincinnati: Kronos Quartet
Summary
· The leading contemporary string quartet and one of the BBC’s “ten greatest string quartets of all time.” (Only five are still active.)
· Now celebrating its 53rd season, more than 1,200 new works have been commissioned for it.
· For its 50th anniversary Kronos celebrated with a commissioning project, 50 for the Future, and made the sheet music to all 50 pieces available free online.
· The New York Times review of its 2025 Carnegie Hall performance called the Kronos “a venerable quartet returned with a typically eclectic program and a newfound emotional intensity … the quartet’s ranks refreshed by three brilliant new players.”
· In October 2023, Kronos drew the largest Cincinnati chamber music audience in a decade.
· Repertoire TBA
· Bottom Line: Kronos is hard to describe, compelling for you to experience.
Deeper Dive
Kronos was founded in 1973 by Seattle violinist David Harrington, who continues to lead it. At age 14, he realized that all of the composers whose music he was being taught were of the same faith and lived in the same city at about the same time. “There must be more,” he thought. Since its founding, Kronos has been about the “more.” In addition to “Fifty for the Future” noted above, it has almost certainly drawn more new audience members to chamber music than any other contemporary ensemble.
Based in San Francisco for most of its history, in addition to Harrington, today’s members include former Cincinnati resident, cellist, and composer, Paul Wiancko, and former CCM viola professor, Ayane Kosaza. The 1,200 commissions have been written by composers from all over the world in many genres. The group travels with its own sound and lighting technician. Kronos is not your father’s or mother’s string quartet.
CMC Subscriptions: Chamber Music’s Greatest Value
- Our “Early Bird” subscriptions for these six concerts are on sale today on our web site and through the Memorial Hall box office. Only you who are receiving this email know about it, giving you first choice of open seats.
- All available seats will be opened to the general public for subscription purchases on Tuesday, February 24.
- Currents subscribers’ seats will be held until June 1, then released to the general public. The six concert price ― $120 in the Orchestra or Balcony ― is one of the nation’s great chamber music bargains. It’s up to 50% off the single ticket price helping to make our concerts more affordable to everyone.
Please remember this affordability pricing in your giving. Only if you do can we maintain pricing at this level.
We hope you are as excited about next season as we are. This may well be our strongest season ever, so we expect subscriptions to sell fast. Single tickets for remaining seats will go on sale June 1.
Chamber Music Cincinnati: Kronos Quartet
Summary
· The leading contemporary string quartet and one of the BBC’s “ten greatest string quartets of all time.” (Only five are still active.)
· Now celebrating its 53rd season, more than 1,200 new works have been commissioned for it.
· For its 50th anniversary Kronos celebrated with a commissioning project, 50 for the Future, and made the sheet music to all 50 pieces available free online.
· The New York Times review of its 2025 Carnegie Hall performance called the Kronos “a venerable quartet returned with a typically eclectic program and a newfound emotional intensity … the quartet’s ranks refreshed by three brilliant new players.”
· In October 2023, Kronos drew the largest Cincinnati chamber music audience in a decade.
· Repertoire TBA
· Bottom Line: Kronos is hard to describe, compelling for you to experience.
Deeper Dive
Kronos was founded in 1973 by Seattle violinist David Harrington, who continues to lead it. At age 14, he realized that all of the composers whose music he was being taught were of the same faith and lived in the same city at about the same time. “There must be more,” he thought. Since its founding, Kronos has been about the “more.” In addition to “Fifty for the Future” noted above, it has almost certainly drawn more new audience members to chamber music than any other contemporary ensemble.
Based in San Francisco for most of its history, in addition to Harrington, today’s members include former Cincinnati resident, cellist, and composer, Paul Wiancko, and former CCM viola professor, Ayane Kosaza. The 1,200 commissions have been written by composers from all over the world in many genres. The group travels with its own sound and lighting technician. Kronos is not your father’s or mother’s string quartet.
CMC Subscriptions: Chamber Music’s Greatest Value
- Our “Early Bird” subscriptions for these six concerts are on sale today on our web site and through the Memorial Hall box office. Only you who are receiving this email know about it, giving you first choice of open seats.
- All available seats will be opened to the general public for subscription purchases on Tuesday, February 24.
- Currents subscribers’ seats will be held until June 1, then released to the general public. The six concert price ― $120 in the Orchestra or Balcony ― is one of the nation’s great chamber music bargains. It’s up to 50% off the single ticket price helping to make our concerts more affordable to everyone.
Please remember this affordability pricing in your giving. Only if you do can we maintain pricing at this level.
We hope you are as excited about next season as we are. This may well be our strongest season ever, so we expect subscriptions to sell fast. Single tickets for remaining seats will go on sale June 1.
