Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet: 50 for the Future

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To celebrate its 125-year anniversary, Carnegie Hall is commissioning 125 new works. The Kronos Quartet is an important piece of the project, providing 50 of the commissions as part of the quartet’s 50 for the Future project. 50 pieces (25 by women composers) written by composers throughout the world will be premiered by Kronos and the music provided for free through its website.

In this video, Kronos founder and 1st violinist David Harrington, along with Kronos Managing Director Janet Cowperthwaite, talk about the Fifty for the Future project, detailing the process from inception to realization.

David Harrington founded the Kronos Quartet in 1973. The quartet has since gone on to become one of history’s most important new music ensembles, having commissioned over 850 works.

For more about the Kronos Quartet, go to:
kronosquartet.org

Fifty for the Future:
kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future

Anthony de Mare

Project Success Through Social Media

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As pianist Anthony de Mare’s fabulous project, LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, took shape, he found that he could advance the project’s prospects for success through the use of Twitter, e-mailing lists, and an updated and effective website. Here, Mr. de Mare discusses with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson (founders of Noted Endeavors) points for effective social media use.

ANTHONY DE MARE is one of the world’s foremost champions of contemporary music. He has performed Liaisons programs across the U.S., Canada and Cuba including Virginia Tech Center for the Arts, The Ravinia Festival, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Schubert Club in Minneapolis, Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Rockport Music Festival, the Cliburn Series in Fort Worth, and Music at Meyer in San Francisco.

For more about Anthony, go to:
anthonydemare.com

Kronos Quartet

Advice for Musicians: Make Lists

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Kronos Quartet founder and 1st violinist David Harrington says that he doesn’t like to give advice. But, in this Noted Endeavors video, David offers profound advice for anyone embarking on a new endeavor. Also featuring Kronos Managing Director, Janet Cowperthwaite, and Noted Endeavors’ Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson.

Stay tuned for more vidoes with David Harrington!

David Harrington founded the Kronos Quartet in 1973. The quartet has since gone on to become one of history’s most important new music ensembles, having commissioned over 850 works.

For more about the Kronos Quartet, go to:
kronosquartet.org

 

Nadia Sirota

Nadia Sirota: Successful Kickstarter Campaigns

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Violist Nadia Sirota has created several wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns. Here, Nadia shares ideas with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors about fundraising videos, ask amounts, and how to create a winning projects.

“A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beautiful music of a higher order than anything else you will hear this year” by SPINMedia website PopMatters.

 

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