Kronos Quartet
Three Bones: Hearing the US
Description
A multimedia concert experience celebrating the power of listening through stories of American cultures that meld, layer and endure. In honor of America's 250th anniversary.
We experience a world of sound thanks to the three smallest bones in our bodies. These tiny bones in our ears—the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) and stapes (stirrup)—amplify faint vibrations from the outside world, enabling our minds to transform these signals into the aural landscape we know.
Against a projected background, Three Bones combines music, storytelling, vintage recordings, video elements and visual arts to share vivid histories and amplify underrepresented stories. Kronos is joined by an array of luminary special guests to bring three of these American stories to life.