About
The Kansas City Symphony (KCS) is an American symphony orchestra based in Kansas City, Missouri. The orchestra is resident at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra performs a 42-week season, and is also the accompanying orchestra for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet.
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The orchestra's current music director is Matthias Pintscher, as of the 2024–2025 season. Michael Stern, the orchestra's music director from 2005 to 2024, is music director laureate of the orchestra. Since July 2019, the orchestra's current executive director is Danny Beckley.
Members
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Robert Russell Bennett violin, organ
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Mark Gibbs cello
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Gary Schutza trumpet
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Theodore Nelson cello
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Noah Geller violin
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Katherine Siochi harp, principal
Discography
Albums
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Double Concerto for Violin and Cello / Formosa Seasons for Violin and Strings
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Shakespeare’s Tempest
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Britten’s Orchestra
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Enigma Variations / The Wasps / Greensleeves
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Miraculous Metamorphoses
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Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Introduction and Rondo capriccioso / La Muse et le Poète
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The Planets / The Perfect Fool
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Symphony no. 3 / Piano Concerto
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One Movement Symphonies
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American Symphony / Finding Rothko / Picture Studies
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The Shining
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Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations
Links
Official
Conductor position
Also known as
KCS
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 67f13061-d237-44ab-8736-00b3a5fa82c7
- ISNI
- 000000012111024X
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.