Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony
Symphony orchestra
Short nameKC Symphony
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Concert hallKauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Principal conductorMatthias Pintscher
Websitewww.kcsymphony.org
The Kansas City Symphony prepares to perform in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

The Kansas City Symphony (KCS) is an American symphony orchestra based in Kansas City, Missouri. The orchestra is a regular resident at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.[1] 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.

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.[2]

  1. ^ Victor Wishna (19 Jan 2011). "Kansas City Symphony announces 2011–12 season". KCMetropolis.org. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Kansas City Symphony Names Next Executive Director" (Press release). Kansas City Symphony. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-05.