Cultural Calendar

Kronos Quartet with Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Sunday,February 12,2012 | 7:00 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium

$44.00–50.00 (Adult) | $10.00 (Stanford Student)
$39.00–45.00 (Other Student)
$22.00–25.00 (Youth Under 18)

Renowned for finding musical common ground across a seemingly limitless expanse of cultures and traditions,Grammy-winners and Lively Arts favorites the Kronos Quartet return for a solo set and a joint performance with Azerbaijan’s revered Alim Qasimov Ensemble—a magically cohesive partnership heard on Kronos’ recent albums Floodplain (2009) and Rainbow (2010). A member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and winner of the prestigious IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize,Qasimov is one of the greatest living masters of mugham,a classical Azerbaijani vocal tradition. Kronos founder/violinist David Harrington said he was “magnetized” upon first hearing Qasimov sing,adding,“His voice drew me so close that it has become part of my own inner singing.”

Program
Jahangirov,J:Köhlen Atim;Rustamov,S.:Getme,Getme;additional works TBA

Acknowledgments
Generously supported by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and by the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University