Classical Series

Remember you can start your weekend with our must-see Friday night concert series and social experience, Symphonic Piazza. Prepare to escape, mingle, and be entertained as you enjoy the perfect combination of a shorter format concert with enjoyable and engaging lobby activities to share with family, friends, and our musicians. It’s your new go-to date night! The fun continues in the lobby after the concert, as we’ll have even more memorable things for you to experience.

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Matthias Pintscher is the newly appointed Music Director of the Kansas City Symphony, effective from the 2024-25 season. He has concluded a successful decade-long tenure as the Music Director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the iconic Parisian contemporary ensemble founded by Pierre Boulez and winner of the 2022 Polar Prize. During his stewardship, Pintscher led this most adventurous institution in the creation of dozens of world premieres by cutting edge composers from all over the world and took the ensemble on tours around the globe – to Asia and North America, and throughout Europe to all the major festivals and concert halls.

COPLAND'S APPALACHIAN SPRING

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director

RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 1

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
George Li, piano
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director

MATTHIAS CONDUCTS MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 7

Friday, November 21, 2025 , 8:00 PM

BRAHMS' FOURTH SYMPHONY

Roderick Cox, guest conductor
Avery Gagliano, piano (Almy Legacy Fund)

PINES OF ROME AND BRUCH’S SECOND VIOLIN CONCERTO

Kevin John Edusei, guest conductor
Jun Iwasaki, violin

BEETHOVEN AND BEYOND

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano

PROKOFIEV'S FIFTH SYMPHONY

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

SAINT-SAËNS' FIRST CELLO CONCERTO AND STRAUSS

Samuel Lee, guest conductor
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Julian Kaplan, trumpet
Evan Hughes, baritone
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director

FARRENC, SCHUMANN AND DVOŘÁK

Louis Langrée, guest conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin

GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO

Anu Tali, guest conductor
Chaeyoung Park, piano

GIL SHAHAM PLAYS BRAHMS

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

RACHMANINOFF CELEBRATION, PART 2
Piano Concerto No. 3

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY

Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Michelle Cann, piano