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Wed, Sep 21, 2011
The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presented visiting organist David Briggs, who impressed with his concert at the Community of Christ Temple on Monday. The UK- and Boston-based artist offered repertory staples of Messiaen and Franck as well as several programming surprises.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
UMKC's Liszt 200 Series, celebrating the bicentennial of the composer's birth, continued this week with a sampling of lieder by Liszt and his contemporaries. Strong repertoire and impassioned performances prevailed over the concert's programming, where the evening's honoree, Liszt, was sometimes upstaged by his contemporaries' compositions.
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Brad Cox talks about an upcoming performance of the Owen/Cox Dance Group.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Director Garnett Bruce, whose rich body of work includes opera companies across the country and around the world from the San Francisco Opera to the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, is staging the Lyric Opera’s season-opening production of “Turandot”—the first opera to be performed at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. On the eve of this grand inauguration, he joined Editor-in-Chief Lee Hartman for a conversation.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Cuban-American lyric soprano, Elizabeth Caballero is reprising the role of Liù in her Kansas City debut at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of "Turandot." She spoke with KCM’s Lee Hartman about the character and how she prepares for a role as well as her heritage and professional crush on Sam Ramey.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011
The second night of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ Grand Opening christened Helzberg Hall, the new home of the Kansas City Symphony with performances by the Symphony, Itzhak Perlman, Bobby Watson, Diana Krall, Kevin Mahogany, the Kansas City Symphony Chorus, and the American Jazz Museum All-Star Orchestra.
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
Nineteen-year-old violinist Caroline Goulding will visit Kansas City for the first time on September 24th, as part of the Harriman-Jewell Discovery Concert Series. The recent Avery Fisher Career Grant winner talks about her program with collaborative pianist Dina Vainshtein, what it means to play a recital, and what’s in store for the year ahead.
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