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Kansas City Symphony

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Latest Release

2026

Joel Thompson: To Awaken the SleeperKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern, EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Eugene Rogers, Joyce DiDonato, Raymond Santos & Yo-Yo Ma

Most Streamed Songs by Kansas City Symphony

Listen to Seven Last Words of the Unarmed: III. Amadou Diallo, 23 "Mom, I'm Going to College." by EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed: III. Amadou Diallo, 23 "Mom, I'm Going to College."EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to breathe/burn: an elegy by Yo-Yo Ma, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

breathe/burn: an elegyYo-Yo Ma, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to Giovanna d'Arco, Cantata by Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern & Joyce DiDonato, see lyrics, music video & more!

Giovanna d'Arco, CantataKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern & Joyce DiDonato

Listen to Seven Last Words of the Unarmed: I. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68 "Why Do You Have Your Guns Out?" by EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed: I. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68 "Why Do You Have Your Guns Out?"EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Arr. for Orchestra by Virgil Thomson): No. 8, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Arr. for Orchestra by Virgil Thomson): No. 8, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungenKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: I. Mars, the Bringer of War by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: I. Mars, the Bringer of WarKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to Finding Rothko: II. Yellow by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

Finding Rothko: II. YellowKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old AgeKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of JollityKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Listen to The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace by Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: II. Venus, the Bringer of PeaceKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

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Album

2026

Joel Thompson: To Awaken the SleeperKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern, EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Eugene Rogers, Joyce DiDonato, Raymond Santos & Yo-Yo Ma

Album

2024

Brahms: Reimagined OrchestrationsKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Album

2021

Barber, Sibelius & Scriabin: One Movement SymphoniesKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Live Album

2020

Jonathan Leshnoff: Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto (Live)Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Album

2019

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125 & The Perfect Fool Suite, Op. 39, H. 150Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Album

2017

Adam Schoenberg: American Symphony, Finding Rothko & Picture StudiesKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

Album

2012

Homecoming: Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonatoKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern & Joyce DiDonato

Album

2007

Chin: Double Concerto, Formosa SeasonsCho-Liang Lin, Felix Fan, Gordon Shi-Wen Chin, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern

About Kansas City Symphony

Hometown

Kansas City, MO, United States

Formed

1982

Genre

Classical

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The Kansas City Symphony is one of the youngest among big-city American orchestras, having been founded in the early 1980s. The symphony has had four music directors, the most recent being Michael Stern. It has 80 members, plays a 42-week season, and has made six recordings on the Reference label. The group's debut, American Voices, appeared in 1995, and a recording of works by composer Adam Schoenberg, received two Grammy nominations in 2017. The Kansas City Symphony has undertaken several novel technological experiments, including a 2014 Kansas City Symphony performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, recorded by four Google Glass devices. The symphony's performances take place at Kansas City's Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. ~ James Manheim

Members of Kansas City Symphony include, or have included, Robert Russell Bennett.