The Ravinia Festival, on the outskirts of Chicago - Illinois, is the oldest outdoor music festival in North America.  The festival attracts about 600,000 listeners to some 120 to 150 events that span all genres from classical music to jazz to music theater over each three-month summer season.
On September 3rd, The Kronos Quartet will perform the world première of Hanna Kulenty's String Quartet No. 4 (A Cradle Song), a commission written especially for this eclectic quartet.