Kronos Quartet: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Sunny Yang joined Kronos Quartet in June 2013. Now, just five months later, the cellist she says she’s learned quite a few new works — not just a handful, but about 70 pieces. That degree of dedication to contemporary composers, coupled with an insane concert schedule, has propelled Kronos Quartet forward over the past four decades. If they wanted, the musicians — who also include founder David Harrington and longtime members John Sherba and Hank Dutt — could reminisce over more than 800 new works an