Nicole Lizée: ZonelyHearts Kronos Quartet

• Nicole Lizée (1973 - 2019): Death to Kosmische:
• 1 Lizée: Death to Kosmische 13:19
• The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop [Fibre-Optic Flowers]:
• 2 Lizée: The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop [Fibre-Optic Flowers] 04:40
• Black MIDI:
• 3 Lizée: Black MIDI 22:47
• ZonelyHearts:
• 4 Lizée: ZonelyHearts 22:07
• Total Runtime 01:02:53

Info for Nicole Lizée: ZonelyHearts

Nicole Lizée, with the outer reaches of imagination and elegance, stretches Kronos Quartet and our music into new shapes, sizes and worlds of sound. She delights in making fun, obsessive, twisted, colorful music that gives each of us roles we have never encountered before. She has added immeasurably to the texture of our concerts and to what it means to be a performer. I love the feeling in Kronos every time we get to rehearse or perform Nicole’s music. There is a delighted energy that takes over the room as we all learn new things.

Here we have our first collection of Lizée works spanning 16 years of friendship and collaboration. ZonelyHearts feels like we are giving a glimpse into the inner workings of Kronos through a fearless creative mind. We all look forward to what is ahead as we chart future sonic adventures through this beautiful, singular, personal, musical relationship we get to share with Nicole Lizée. (David Harrington, Kronos Quartet)

Kronos Quartet

Recorded December 9-13, 2024, at 25th St. Recording, Oakland, CA
Engineered by Scott Fraser
Editing and Mixing by Scott Fraser & Matt Carr
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal
Produced by Matt Carr

Kronos Quartet
For 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 50 recordings, collaborating with many of the world’s most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning more than 800 works and arrangements for string quartet. A Grammy winner, Kronos is also the only recipient of both the Polar Music Prize and the Avery Fisher Prize. With a staff of ten, the non-profit Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA) manages all aspects of Kronos’ work, including the commissioning of new works, concert tours and home-season performances, and education programs.

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