Kronos Performing Arts Association
For General Operating Support
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Amount$240,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/21/2012
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The world-renowned Kronos Quartet commissions, performs, and records contemporary music for the string quartet, introducing audiences to sounds they’ve never heard before through live concerts, audio recordings, podcasts, and collaborations with choreographers and filmmakers. Kronos annually reaches more than 86,000 people throughout the world with its mix of performances, educational programs, and workshops. With renewed support, Kronos plans to continue presenting new work, mentoring young composers and musicians, touring internationally and performing locally, and investing resources to digitize and archive the group’s prodigious catalog online. In addition, Kronos will celebrate its fortieth anniversary in 2013, one of the few quartets in the United States with this longevity and artistic success.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.kronosquartet.org
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Kronos Performing Arts Association manages the work of the Kronos Quartet, which has been performing new and historic works for string quartets for 50 years. The quartet tours locally, nationally, and internationally and is known for commissioning new works, more than 1,000 since its inception. The organization also supports education programs with schools and universities, and it presents the annual Kronos Festival in San Francisco, a multiday celebration of new works from diverse traditions and genres. In a typical year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. Support for the Kronos Performing Arts Association advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Kronos Performing Arts Association manages the work of the Kronos Quartet, which has been performing new and historic works for string quartets for 50 years. The quartet tours locally, nationally, and internationally and is known for commissioning new works, more than 1,000 since its inception. The organization also supports education programs with schools and universities ,and presents the annual Kronos Festival in San Francisco, a multiday celebration of new works from diverse traditions and genres. In a typical year, the organization engages more than 50,000 people through its programs. Support for Kronos Performing Arts Association advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
