Kronos Quartet Continues MusicNow Residency; Toumani Diabaté Postpones

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Kronos Quartet kicked off the fourth-annual MusicNow Festival last night with its first of two MusicNow performances at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall; the group performs again tonight with a program of music from Africa, Mexico, India, Greece, and the Middle East. Toumani Diabaté, who was scheduled to appear as well, has had to cancel due to an illness. The festival's organizers report that they are working to reschedule his performance for another day.

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As reported yesterday in the Nonesuch Journal, Kronos Quartet kicked off the fourth-annual MusicNow Festival last night with its first of two MusicNow performances at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall. Kronos will perform again tonight with a program of music from Africa, Mexico, India, Greece, and the Middle East.

Toumani Diabaté, who was scheduled to appear as well in a solo kora performance, has had to cancel due to an illness. The festival's organizers report that they are working to reschedule Toumani's performance for another day and are looking forward to presenting tonight's program from Kronos.

For more information and updates, visit musicnowfestival.org.

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  • Thursday, March 12, 2009
    Kronos Quartet Continues MusicNow Residency; Toumani Diabaté Postpones
    Jay Blakesberg

    As reported yesterday in the Nonesuch Journal, Kronos Quartet kicked off the fourth-annual MusicNow Festival last night with its first of two MusicNow performances at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall. Kronos will perform again tonight with a program of music from Africa, Mexico, India, Greece, and the Middle East.

    Toumani Diabaté, who was scheduled to appear as well in a solo kora performance, has had to cancel due to an illness. The festival's organizers report that they are working to reschedule Toumani's performance for another day and are looking forward to presenting tonight's program from Kronos.

    For more information and updates, visit musicnowfestival.org.

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