{"id":1921,"date":"2019-09-24T20:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2019-09-24T20:47:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:47:39","slug":"kronos-launches-new-fifty-for-the-future-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/kronos-launches-new-fifty-for-the-future-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Kronos launches new Fifty for the Future site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fifty for the Future<\/em> is the ambitious project initialized by <strong>Kronos Quartet<\/strong> to give young musicians free access to contemporary string quartets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new the site provides a gateway to discover, explore and learn contemporary string quartets composed by 25 women and 25 men from around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The free digital learning library currently contains 30 <strong>scores<\/strong> and <strong>parts<\/strong>, <strong>recordings<\/strong>, <strong>program notes <\/strong>and supplemental <strong>learning materials<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>50 new pieces<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When completed, this collection will feature 50 new pieces. Launched in 2015, the initial scores have been downloaded more than 14,000 times in 88 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here you also will find the contribution from <strong>Karin Rehnqvist<\/strong> to this project \u2013 <em>The Riddle\/G\u00e5tan<\/em>, composed in 2017 and first premiered by Kronos Quartet in Uppsala Concert &amp; Congress, May 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/kronos-launches-new-fifty-for-the-future-site\/fifty-for-the-future\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?fit=2336%2C784&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2336,784\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Fifty-for-the-Future\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?fit=667%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" width=\"340\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?w=2336&amp;ssl=1 2336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?resize=1320%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Fifty-for-the-Future.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to Karin Rehnqvist&#8217;s piece you can explore works by composers Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Laurie Anderson, Ken Benshoof, Raven Chacon, Islam Chipsy, Aftab Darvishi, Fod\u00e9 Lassana Diabat\u00e9, Mario Galeano Toro, Guillermo, Galindo, Rhiannon Giddens, Philip Glass, Yotam Haber, Zakir Hussain, Joan Jeanrenaud, Jlin, Garth Knox, Aleksander Ko\u015bci\u00f3w, Nicole Liz\u00e9e, Lu Yun, Soo Yeon Lyuh, Onut\u0117 Narbutait\u0117, Kala Ramnath, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Trey Spruance, Tanya Tagaq, Stephan Thelen, Merlijn Twaalfhoven, Aleksandra Vrebalov and Wu Man.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.50ftf.kronosquartet.org\/composers\/karin-rehnqvist\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2ba7b3;border-color:#238690;border-radius:7px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 20px;font-size:16px;line-height:32px;border-color:#6bc2ca;border-radius:7px;text-shadow:none\"> The Riddle by Karin Rehnqvist   \u203a<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.50ftf.kronosquartet.org\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2ba7b3;border-color:#238690;border-radius:7px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 20px;font-size:16px;line-height:32px;border-color:#6bc2ca;border-radius:7px;text-shadow:none\"> Fifty for the Future  \u203a<\/span><\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the San Francisco based Kronos Quartet:<br><strong>David Harrington<\/strong> (violin), <strong>John Sherba<\/strong> (violin), <strong>Hank Dutt<\/strong> (viola) and <strong>Sunny Yang<\/strong> (cello).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kronos has become one of the world\u2019s most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with many of the world\u2019s most accomplished composers and performers and commissioning over 1,000 works and arrangements for string quartet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kronos has received over 40 awards, including the prestigious Polar Music Prize, Avery Fisher Prize and the WOMEX (World Music Expo) Artist Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty for the Future is the ambitious project initialized by Kronos Quartet to give young musicians free access to contemporary string quartets. 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