Classical KC

21/10/2025

For TWO WEEKS ONLY on our website, you can listen to the most recent concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra! SLSO Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin leads the orchestra, and Emanuel Ax takes the solo spotlight for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25.
👉 https://loom.ly/UyNIMMY

🎶👊 St. Louis Public Radio 📻
🎹 Emanuel Ax- Official Page

SLSO Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin, leads the orchestra in Elgar’s majestic First Symphony and the U.S. premiere of his own composition. Emanuel Ax, Slatkin’s dear friend and one of the most accomplished pianists of our time, takes the solo spotlight for Mozart’s adventurous Piano Concert...

06/10/2025

For TWO WEEKS ONLY on our website, you can listen to the season opening concert for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in their newly renovated Powell Hall at the Jack C. Taylor Music Center. Experience, three fanfares, two world premieres, a performance by Kansas-born opera star Joyce DiDonato, back-stage interviews and much more!
👉 https://loom.ly/LZ22ts0

🎶👊 St. Louis Public Radio 📻

Music Director Stéphane Denève and the SLSO usher in an exhilarating season in the beautifully renovated Powell Hall with a trio of fanfares, and Kansas born mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus join the orchestra for a world premiere by Kevin Puts. Finally, the SLSO perf...

02/10/2025

New programming alert! Classical KC extends its local reach to re-broadcast the most recent performances by the Grammy Award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra beginning this Sunday at 2pm featuring a performance by the Kansas born superstar Joyce DiDonato! Details at classicalkc.org/slso.



👊St. Louis Public Radio
📷Virgina Harold

17/09/2025

“Kansas City is a wonderful place. The 12 years I spent there were just heaven on earth for me. And now, Kansas City is even better with [Classical KC].”

Listen to former Kansas City Symphony music director, and current host of Exploring Music Bill McGlaughlin, share stories of his time in Kansas City. And please, join Bill in supporting 24-hour classical music on Classical KC.

Whether it's leading top orchestras or hosting his nationally syndicated radio show Exploring Music, Bill McGlaughlin is a passionate advocate for music and public support for the arts. Bill speaks with Classical KC's Sam Wisman about his time conducting the Kansas City Symphony and some of his favo...

22/08/2025

Could you, or someone you know, be the next young KC talent to perform for a national audience on NPR's From the Top? Tag them in the comments! From the Top is now accepting applications at fromthetop.org/apply.

Listen to From the Top on 91.9 Classical KC Saturdays at 10am and Sundays at 7pm. 🎶

25/07/2025

🎒School is just around the corner and that means instrument rentals and purchases, lessons, method books and sheet music. 🎻🎷🎹 Classical KC is working on a round-up of local resources that can help you and your children get ready. Tag your go-to LOCAL business for lessons, instrument supply, method books and sheet music in the comments below so we can include them!

21/07/2025

After the elimination of Federal funding for Classical KC, the sustainability of this local service is in your hands. Frank Byrne, host of "From the Archives" on Classical KC, shares his thoughts.

Start or increase your monthly donation at classicalkc.org.

14/06/2025

Just one more sleep until Future Stages 2025 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

RSVP for this free, family-friendly showcase of KC talent at kauffmancenter.org/futurestages.

12/06/2025

Edited Thursday, June 12:

The U.S. House voted today to revoke all federal funding to public broadcasting, which Congress already approved earlier this year. The Senate will vote soon.
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The U.S. House is expected to vote today on a proposal to revoke all federal funding to public broadcasting, which Congress already approved earlier this year.

The potential impact on Classical KC and the music community would be dire. Learn how you can protect local music in Kansas City at classicalkc.org.

12/06/2025

If you've never seen a performance at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Future Stages is your chance...and it's FREE! Save your spot for this Sunday's family-friendly extravaganza at kauffmancenter.org/futurestages.

10/06/2025

Classical KC is a proud media sponsor for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ 10th annual Future Stages Festival happening this Sunday, June 15th!

RSVP today for this FREE family-friendly youth arts festival at kauffmancenter.org/futurestages