The Kronos Quartet has joined the roster of MKI Artists for North American representation. Founded in 1973 and now comprising Artistic Director and Founder David Harrington (violin), Gabriela Díaz (violin), Ayane Kozasa (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello), the Kronos has spent five decades challenging traditional notions of the string quartet and its place in today’s musical landscape. With its roots in the Vietnam War era, the ensemble has placed urgent contemporary issues at the centre of its work – commissioning, performing and recording music
that confronts war and destruction, climate
collapse, social injustice and questions of existence and spirituality.
The Kronos has commissioned more than 1,100 works and arrangements, collaborated with an extraordinary range of artists across genres and traditions, and earned recognition as one of the most influential ensembles of its kind. In 2024, the group’s archive was acquired by the Library of Congress, and its landmark 1992 album Pieces of Africa was inducted into the National Recording Registry for its enduring cultural significance.Its most ambitious legacy project, Fifty for the Future, is a free digital library of 50 new works by living composers – designed to train young artists in 21st-century techniques and exemplifying the quartet’s commitment to open access, education and the evolving life of the repertoire.
Pianist Beatrice Rana has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management, alongside existing representation in the Americas (Primo Artists), Italy (Lorenzo Baldrighi) and Japan (Japan Arts). Highlights of her 2025–26 season include appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival, BBC Proms, Lucerne and Saratoga festivals, and tours with the LSO, Santa Cecilia, Czech Philharmonic, and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. An exclusive Warner Classics artist, her latest release features Bach’s Keyboard Concertos with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Canadian-American pianist Bryan Wagorn has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. He regularly performs across Europe, North America and Asia with leading instrumentalists and singers including Nadine Sierra, Angel Blue, Joyce DiDonato, Midori, Pinchas Zukerman, Lise Davidsen and Anthony Roth Costanzo. Currently Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, Wagorn frequently performs with the Met Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and was the pianist for the
Met’s Grammy-winning productions of Porgy and Bess, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, and Champion. In 2023, he took the onstage role of pianist Boleslao Lazinski in the Met’s production of Giordano’s Fedora.
Pianist Ryan Wang has joined HarrisonParrott for worldwide general management. At 17, Wang won BBC Young Musician 2024, impressing audiences with his interpretation of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Wang’s achievements follow a string of international prizes, including becoming the youngest-ever recipient of Paris’s prestigious Prix Cortot in 2024. During the 2025–26 season, Wang makes major orchestral debuts
with the Philharmonia Orchestra as
part of a Rachmaninov concerto cycle, as well as with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
Violinist Seohyun Kim has joined the HarrisonParrott roster for worldwide management. A rising star on the international stage, she became the youngest-ever winner of the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in 2023 at the age of 14, having already secured top prizes at the Ysaÿe, Leonid Kogan and Cooper international competitions. Recent highlights include performances with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Pannon Philharmonic, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and Canton Symphony Orchestra. In 2026, she tours Germany and Korea with WDR Sinfonieorchester, performing the Brahms “Double” Concerto alongside Daniel Müller-Schott under Andris Poga.
