David Harrington, the Kronos Quartet and the American Folklife Center
November 5, 2026 6:50am
— This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet. It also appears in the Sep...
— This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet. It also appears in the September/October issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. In 2024, the Library appointed Harrington the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and announced its acquisition of the Kronos archives. Library of Congress reported this update on 2026-10-16 with additional context in the linked source.
5-Second Takeaway
— This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet.
Why This Matters
It also appears in the September/October issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. In 2024, the Library appointed Harrington the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and announced its acquisition of the Kronos archives.
What Changed
- Library of Congress published this report on 2026-10-16.
- The headline focus is "David Harrington, the Kronos Quartet and the American Folklife Center".
- — This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet.
- It also appears in the September/October issue of the Library of Congress Magazine.
- In 2024, the Library appointed Harrington the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and announced its acquisition of the Kronos archives.
- The quartet’s 1992 album “Pieces of Africa” was inducted into the National Recording Registry.
- Whenever a creative project of the Kronos Quartet reveals a need for information deeply embedded in the complex world of American traditional music, the first call I make is to the American Folklife Center.
- The AFC, through its expert, generous, helpful staff and rich archival holdings, has demonstrated again and again what a treasure we have available to us as patrons of the Library.
Key Facts
- Library of Congress published this report on 2026-10-16.
- The headline focus is "David Harrington, the Kronos Quartet and the American Folklife Center".
- — This is a guest post by David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet.
- It also appears in the September/October issue of the Library of Congress Magazine.
Key Numbers
- Library of Congress published this report on 2026-10-16.
- In 2024, the Library appointed Harrington the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and announced its acquisition of the Kronos archives.
- The quartet’s 1992 album “Pieces of Africa” was inducted into the National Recording Registry.