The legendary Kronos Quartet joins The Next Festival of Emerging Artists for a celebration of Terry Riley’s 90th birthday, part of a program featuring New York premieres by some of today’s most adventurous contemporary voices.

Founder and Artistic Director Peter Askim leads a string orchestra of talented early-career string players in Terry Riley’s The Sands (composed for Kronos) and the New York premieres of Jungyoon Wie’s Starlings, Inti-Figgis Vizueta’s music by yourself for string orchestra, and his own new work, Songs My Mother Taught Me. The program also includes GRAMMY-winning composer Pascal Le Boeuf’s kinetic Transition Behavior and Serenade for Strings by Jan Radzyknski.

The Next Festival is dedicated to the nurturing of emerging artists with a passion for 21st-century music. Learn more at www.next-fest.org.

The Next Festival of Emerging Artists
Peter Askim, Artistic Director and Conductor
Kronos Quartet, Guest Artists

Terry Riley, The Sands for String Quartet and String Orchestra
Jungyoon Wie, Starlings for String Quartet and String Orchestra [New York Premiere]
Peter Askim, Songs My Mother Taught Me [New York Premiere]
Inti Figgis Vizueta, music by yourself, for string orchestra [New York Premiere]
Pascal Le Boeuf, Transition Behavior
Jan Radzynski, Serenade for Strings