Kronos Quartet Celebrates Five Decades with Final Australian Tour in March 2023

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Kronos Quartet will tour Australia for the final time in March 2023, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The KRONOS Five Decades Tour—the eighth Australian tour for the ensemble produced by Arts Projects Australia—will take in Perth Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne, Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island, WOMADelaide, and Adelaide Festival, culminating at the Sydney Opera House on March 14. Kronos will perform music spanning brand new works and signature pieces from composers around the world.

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Kronos Quartet will tour Australia for the final time in March 2023, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The KRONOS Five Decades Tour—the eighth Australian tour for the ensemble produced by Arts Projects Australia—will take in Perth Festival, the Arts Centre Melbourne, Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island, WOMADelaide, and Adelaide Festival, culminating at the Sydney Opera House on March 14. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, including upcoming concerts at Koerner Hall in Toronto and Carnegie Hall in New York, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To celebrate five decades of sound, Kronos will perform a carefully curated selection of its work, spanning brand new works and signature pieces from composers around the world. The 50th anniversary tour marks the debut of Kronos Quartet’s recently appointed cellist Paul Wiancko, performing alongside founder and violinist David Harrington, and longtime members John Sherba (violin) and Hank Dutt (viola).

KRONOS QUARTET ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA

Mar 1 Albany Entertainment Centre Albany
Mar 4 Perth Concert Hall Perth
Mar 7 Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
Mar 9 Ten Days on the Island Festival Hobart
Mar 11&12 WOMADelaide Adelaide
Mar 13 Adelaide Festival Adelaide
Mar 14 Sydney Opera House Sydney
     
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    Kronos Quartet Celebrates Five Decades with Final Australian Tour in March 2023
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    Kronos Quartet will tour Australia for the final time in March 2023, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The KRONOS Five Decades Tour—the eighth Australian tour for the ensemble produced by Arts Projects Australia—will take in Perth Festival, the Arts Centre Melbourne, Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island, WOMADelaide, and Adelaide Festival, culminating at the Sydney Opera House on March 14. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, including upcoming concerts at Koerner Hall in Toronto and Carnegie Hall in New York, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    To celebrate five decades of sound, Kronos will perform a carefully curated selection of its work, spanning brand new works and signature pieces from composers around the world. The 50th anniversary tour marks the debut of Kronos Quartet’s recently appointed cellist Paul Wiancko, performing alongside founder and violinist David Harrington, and longtime members John Sherba (violin) and Hank Dutt (viola).

    KRONOS QUARTET ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA

    Mar 1 Albany Entertainment Centre Albany
    Mar 4 Perth Concert Hall Perth
    Mar 7 Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
    Mar 9 Ten Days on the Island Festival Hobart
    Mar 11&12 WOMADelaide Adelaide
    Mar 13 Adelaide Festival Adelaide
    Mar 14 Sydney Opera House Sydney
         
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