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About Ravinia Martin Theatre

Just inside the West Gate and steps from the train, the acoustically perfect 850-seat Martin Theatre is the only original building at Ravinia still remaining. It has stood since the park opened in 1904. Beautifully restored in 1996, the 850-seat recital hall is home to stunning chamber music and recital programs, jazz events during Jazz in June and also Martinis at the Martin, Ravinia's cabaret se... Moreries featuring great vocalists performing hits from the Great American Songbook. In the intimacy of the Martin Theatre, you get so close to the performers that by the end of the concert, you feel as though you know them.

Ravinia's expansive lawn offers an informal and comfortable place to picnic while enjoying Pavilion and Martin Theatre concerts, broadcast to the lawn audience through their state-of-the-art sound system. Bring your own picnic or visit their variety of on-site restaurants and food and beverage kiosks. Stretch out on a blanket you bring, or rent a lawn chair. It's easy
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About Lawn Seating: Lawn seating is outside the theatre and does not include a view of the stage. Its an informal and comfortable place to picnic while listening to the concert broadcast to the lawn audience through a state-of-the-art sound system. Bring your own picnic or visit the restaurants and food and beverage kiosks on site. Bring a blanket or rent a lawn chair on site.

Kronos Quartet
featuring Glenn Kotche of Wilco

Program to include:
Adams: Fellow Traveler
Kotche: Anomaly
Kulenty: String Quartet No. 4 (Cradle Song)
Vrebalov: …hold me, neighbor, in this storm…

Keeping up with their reputation for crossing genres with collaborations, Kronos Quartet teams up with drummer Glenn Kotche of Wilco to premiere a new work Kotche wrote for the ensemble.

For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet—David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello)—has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 40 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning hundreds of works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos' work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.