Kansas City Symphony

Conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher joins Michael Stern and Dan Margolies for a look back at his recent appearance leading the Kansas City Symphony, as well as a look ahead to Pintscher taking over for Stern as music director. We'll hear works by Ligeti, Ravel and Scriabin, plus a work composed by Pintscher.

Classical KC's Dan Margolies speaks with current Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern and incoming music director Matthias Pintscher about the new appointment, synergy with the musicians and taking the ensemble to the next level.

Classical KC takes you backstage at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as we get to know the new members of the Kansas City Symphony. Hear about how they got started, their path to Kansas City and inspirational moments.

Violinist Jun Iwasaki officially starts as concertmaster for the Kansas City Symphony this month.

Kansas City is known for a lot of things, from barbecue to jazz. Here are some of our region's lesser-known points of hometown pride.

Violinist Susan Goldenberg and her brother, pianist William Goldenberg, have played in concert halls and nursing homes around the globe. And she's played for the Kansas City Symphony long enough to know exactly what it needs in a new music director.

Enjoy the lush melodic invention and epic love stories in works by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Howard Hanson. Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies bring the stories behind the music to life.

Famed American composer John Williams turned 90 on February 8. Celebrate his birthday with Classical KC as local experts in film and music reflect on his music and legacy.

The grand concert hall may not host experimental music as much as traditional performances, but musicians creating new, more avant-garde compositions are finding homes and audiences for their work.

Go on set and on stage to learn the secrets to performing a live orchestral film score as Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with Kansas City Symphony Associate Conductor Jason Seber and UMKC film professor Mitch Brian. We'll discover some of their favorite movie scores and hear music by John Williams, Max Steiner and Nicholas Hooper.

The nominations for the 64th annual Grammy Awards include an album performed by Sandbox Percussion, a quartet that teaches at the UMKC Conservatory, and the duo 123 Andrés.

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts allows unvaccinated audience members to bring in a negative PCR test within 72 hours of a performance. Now, two of the resident companies are following suit — for unvaccinated children under 12.