ALBUMBarber, Sibelius & Scriabin: One Movement SymphoniesKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern
ALBUMHolst: The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125 & The Perfect Fool Suite, Op. 39, H. 150Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern
ALBUMAdam Schoenberg: American Symphony, Finding Rothko & Picture StudiesKansas City Symphony & Michael Stern
ALBUMHomecoming: Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonatoKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern & Joyce DiDonato
ALBUMChin: Double Concerto, Formosa SeasonsCho-Liang Lin, Felix Fan, Gordon Shi-Wen Chin, Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern
Artist Biography
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