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Electric Renaissance
May 27 - Jun 14
Wed, May 27 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, May 28 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, May 31 @ 2:00 pm
Thu, Jun 4 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jun 7 @ 2:00 pm
Thu, Jun 11 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jun 14 @ 2:00 pm
The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Gil Shaham Plays Brahms
May 29 - May 31
Fri, May 29 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, May 30 @ 8:00 pm
Sun, May 31 @ 2:00 pm
The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Rachmaninoff Celebration, Part 2: Piano Concerto No. 3
Jun 05 - Jun 07
Fri, Jun 5 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Jun 6 @ 8:00 pm
Sun, Jun 7 @ 2:00 pm
May 27, 2026
Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Roanoke Park
Presented by Kansas City Symphony at Roanoke Park Kansas City, MO
First launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box provides free outdoor chamber music concerts to audiences across the metro. To date, Symphony musicians have performed in 258 unique locations, spread over 93 zip codes, reaching tens of thousands of people. Join the Mobile Music Box at Roanoke Park with this special string quartet performance. Lawn chairs, picnics and blankets are encouraged. Please bring your children and pets!
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May 27, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026
Electric Renaissance
Presented by The Coterie Theatre at American Jazz Museum Kansas City, MO
Adapted and Directed by Teresa Leggard Featuring Robert Coppage III Music by Amber Underwood Some of our most prolific literary voices came out of the Harlem Renaissance like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Adapted from their writings, this evening of spoken word accompanied by live music will reintroduce audiences to some of their works and the truths of the time in which they lived, all with a contemporary twist.
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May 28, 2026
Evgeny Kissin, piano; Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
Three of the world’s most celebrated musicians perform three powerful, idiosyncratic piano trios. The first half of the program is steeped in Jewish music and memory, pairing Rosowsky’s rarely performed Fantastic Dance on Hebrew Themes for Piano Trio with Shostakovich’s devastating Piano Trio No. 2, a searing expression of both intense personal grief and freshly discovered horrors perpetrated during World War II. Tchaikovsky’s immense, sole Piano Trio follows. A wide-ranging and folk-infused musical elegy, it is a notable predecessor to Shostakovich’s trio, and yet it remains one-of-a-kind in its fascinating, masterful construction. Pianist Evgeny Kissin is one of the world’s most in-demand musicians, a master of his craft with an especially storied career spanning 5 decades. Kissin’s musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and admiration deserved only by one of the most gifted classical pianists of his generation and, arguably, generations past. With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and continues to maintain engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a unique and distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. As a concert soloist, he appears regularly with the…
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May 29, 2026 - May 31, 2026
The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Gil Shaham Plays Brahms
Presented by Kansas City Symphony at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor Gil Shaham, violin VARIOUS Genesis JOHANNES BRAHMS Violin Concerto Music Director Matthias Pintscher welcomes you to a unique concert experience pairing a grand work by Brahms with a groundbreaking world premiere. The first chapter of the biblical book of Genesis and its account of divine creation in seven days has inspired Matthias to commission a one-of-a-kind work. He has invited seven composers, with very different musical personalities, each to contribute a piece about one of the days of creation. The seven movements will be woven together into a singular musical tapestry, encompassing all seven days and testifying to the power of the creative act, divine and human. Be the first to hear this exciting new composition! Johannes Brahms’s monumental Violin Concerto completes the program. It was composed for the violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim, who compared it with Beethoven’s as one of the most extraordinary of all German violin concertos. Gil Shaham returns to Kansas City to perform this masterwork. *Composers For Genesis LISA STREICH | FRANCESCO FILIDEI | CHEN YI | HANNAH KENDALL | MIKEL URQUIZA | SAAD HADDAD | MARK ANDRE
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May 30, 2026
JK Live!
Presented by Folly Theater at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
After 4 years stuck inside (no one told us Covid was over), the JK! Studios cast has returned with a brand new tour! Drawing on their college roots and using the signature style they created over 9 Seasons of Studio C, the JK cast will be performing never-before-seen material, audience-participation sketches, and a show-stopping parody musical. Join us for a night of family friendly comedy unlike anything you’ve ever seen! “Their stage presence is amazing, the way they work the room is amazing.” – Kenan Thompson“Their work is well put together, it’s good comedy, and I like that my kids like it. Very clever.” – Conan O’Brien
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May 31, 2026
Kinnor Philharmonic Summer Concert
Presented by The White Theatre at The White Theatre Leawood, KS
2025-2026 Concert Series Kick your summer off with our artists-in-residence, Kinnor Philharmonic, as they perform amazing music with a Jewish twist. Recommended for ages 12+
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Jun 03, 2026
Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Loose Park Garden Center
Presented by Kansas City Symphony at Loose Park Garden Center Kansas City, MO
First launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box provides free outdoor chamber music concerts to audiences across the metro. To date, Symphony musicians have performed in 258 unique locations, spread over 93 zip codes, reaching tens of thousands of people. Join the Mobile Music Box at Loose Park Garden Center with this special violin quartet performance. Lawn chairs, picnics and blankets are encouraged. Please bring your children and pets!
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Jun 05, 2026
David Brighton's Space Oddity
Presented by Folly Theater at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
David Brighton’s Space Oddity is credited as being the world’s best David Bowie theatrical, concert experience. “David Brighton has the voice, moves and look to actually step in for David Bowie if he were unavailable and few would ever know. Experiencing Space Oddity made for a truly remarkable evening…” says Harry Maslin, the Producer of David Bowie’s YOUNG AMERICANS and STATION TO STATION Albums. David’s credits include performing side by side with David Bowie himself in the TV commercials for Vittel Mineral Water and for Reality – Bowie’s CD. David has performed as a resident cast member of the world famous Legends In Concert – Las Vegas production show. He was cast to portray David Bowie in Warner Brother’s feature film, The Watchmen. He also appeared as David Bowie on VH-1 television as well as in international pop star Shakira’s concert video. David has performed worldwide on bills with some of the biggest acts the world has known, including: Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Devo, Kenny Loggins, Three Dog Night, Chicago, Little Richard and Barry Manilow. Brighton has performed at events for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver… Brooke Shields, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvester Stallone, Jay Leno, David Foster, Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas, Quincy Jones, Nicholas Cage and Barbra Streisand… David and the Band have been performing throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, China and Europe – including: Finland, Germany, Estonia, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Portugal and Israel… This full scale stage production is complete with flamboyant costume changes, elaborate staging, perfectly emulated vocal stylings and one of the best backing bands in…
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Jun 05, 2026 - Jun 07, 2026
The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Rachmaninoff Celebration, Part 2: Piano Concerto No. 3
Presented by Kansas City Symphony at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Prelude (world premiere, piano solo) SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 The second concert of Music Director Matthias Pintscher’s Rachmaninoff celebration sees Yefim Bronfman, one of the greatest pianists of our time, tackling the composer’s Third Piano Concerto, widely viewed as one of the most difficult concertos ever written. Film buffs may recognize it as the concerto in the 1996 movie “Shine.” The second part of the Rachmaninoff double feature is his Third Symphony, displaying his rich gifts for gorgeous melodies and yearning harmonies. Rounding out the program is a piano prelude commissioned specially for this concert — written by Matthias himself!
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