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Kronos Quartet

Throwing off the shackles of traditional chamber music, Kronos Quartet have been pushing the boundaries and reinventing classical arrangements in a more modern way for over 40 years. Taking their name from a Greek God, the string quartet - led by violinist David Harrington - settled in San Francisco in 1973 and started out playing in clubs rather than the traditional concert halls. They broke with convention by performing Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' and tracks by artists as diverse as Television, Bob Dylan and Sigur Ros, as well as collaborating with poet Allen Ginsberg and Roma...