Kronos Quartet
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The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical music. More than 1,000 works have been written for it.
Kronos Quartet at the Musical Instrument Museum, 2020
On stage with Laurie Anderson, after performing LANDFALL at the Harris Theater on March 17, 2015
Greeting the audience after a 2005 performance
Kronos Quartet recording at BBC Radio, 2012
Edison Award
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The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by the Dutch sculptor Pieter d'Hont. It is one of the oldest music awards in the world, first presented in 1960 at the inaugural Grand Gala du Disque.
Edison award 1961
Sture Wahlberg (producer) with Alice Babs and Svend Asmussen and their Edison Award at the Grand Gala du Disque in 1965.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Anneliese Rothenberger and Edo de Waart with their Edison awards at the Grand Gala du Disque Classique on October 3, 1969.