7:30pm - Kronos Festival - Good Medicine Night 2

Kronos Quartet performs with special guests Ariel Aberg-Riger & Benedicte Maurseth.

Sun Ra (arr. Jacob Garchik): Outer Spaceways, Inc.

Viet Cuong: Next Week’s Trees

Inti Figgis-Vizueta: clay songs (West Coast premiere)

Nina Simone (arr. Jacob Garchik): For All We Know

Traditional (arr. Jonathan Berger): Ya Taali’een ‘ala el-Jabal (inspired by Rim Banna)

Ariel Aberg-Riger & Hamza El Din: Swimming with Rachel Carson - Escalay (real. Tohru Ueda)
featuring Ariel Aberg-Riger

Benedicte Maurseth & Kristine Tjøgersen: Elja (West Coast premiere)
featuring Benedicte Maurseth

Program #2 of Kronos Festival showcases two West Coast premieres: inti figgis-vizueta’s Clay Songs, a work inspired by Pre-Columbian sounding objects and the interplay of past and present voices, and Benedicte Maurseth & Kristine Tjøgersen’s Elja, a Hardanger quintet where Kronos, playing new instruments built for them by luthier, Ottar Kaasa, will be joined by Maurseth, also on Hardanger fiddle. Sun Ra’s cosmic Outer Spaceways Incorporated, arranged by Jacob Garchik, will open this program, followed by Viet Cuong’s contemplative Next Week’s Trees. The program continues with Garchik’s arrangement of Nina Simone’s imaginative take on For All We Know, Jonathan Berger’s arrangement of Ya Taali’een ‘ala el-Jabal (inspired by Rim Banna) and Hamza El Din’s reflective Escalay, for which visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger will join Kronos.

Location: Miner Auditorium

Kronos Labs - Free

3:00 PM - Spotlight: Laura Ortman

Laura Ortman discusses the newly reimagined version of Scended Sparks, premiering at Kronos Festival, and the inspirations behind her music. A fearless experimenter working with Apache violin, megaphones, field recordings, and more, Ortman continuously pushes artistic boundaries across mediums. A member of the White Mountain Apache tribe, she also founded the Coast Orchestra in 2008, an all-Native American ensemble that performed a live soundtrack to In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914), the first silent feature film to star an all-Native American cast.

Location: Joe Henderson Lab

5:00 PM - Spotlight: Gabriella Smith

Composer Gabriella Smith shares insights into Keep Going, her work for Kronos Quartet that weaves music with the voices of climate innovators from around the world. She will explore the inspirations behind her music — including ecosystem restoration, songbird research, and natural soundscapes — and how they shape her approach to composition and climate action. Known for her joyful, environmentally-conscious works, Smith invites listeners to engage with the climate movement through creativity, connection, and hope.

Location: Joe Henderson Lab

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