Kronos Quartet & Kimmo Pohjohnen – Uniko

Synopsis

Kimmo Pohjonen is one of the cutting-edge accordion virtuosi and composers of our time. After having heard a record of Pohjonen’s during their concert tour in Finland, Kronos Quartet – who is well known for breaking new musical grounds – decided to get in touch with him. The Kronos/Kluster project entitled “Uniko” is a mutually beneficial sonic/visual adventure with this goal: to create unique and never-before-heard-of sounds from accordion and strings. The Making-Of is a short documentary giving an insight into the collaboration between Kimmo Pohjonen, who has taken the accordion to new dimensions, his Kluster-partner Samuli Kosminen, Finland’s sampling guru, and the world’s most revolutionary string quartet – the Kronos quartet.

Additional Info

• No: 9084
• Orchestra: Kronos Quartet
• Artists: Kimmo Pohjonen, David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt and Jennifer Culp.
• Production year: 2007
• Run time: 01:20:00
• Director: Christian Kurt Weisz
• Producers: BFMI and YLE Teema
• Format: 16:9