Name: Masterworks & Bravo Series
Start: 2024-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Jun Iwasaki

Violin Solo

Kansas City Symphony

Conductor

Kazem Abdullah

Orchestra

Masterworks & Bravo Series

Kansas City

United States

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Public

Violin Concerto No. 5

The Magic Flute

Symphonie Fis-Dur, Op. 40

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Our amazing concertmaster Jun Iwasaki takes a solo bow in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, the pinnacle of elegance and refinement. Iwasaki’s incredible artistry matches Mozart’s gift for melody in this stylish and thoroughly enjoyable concerto.

As we continue our search for the next music director of the Kansas City Symphony, we look forward to inviting an exciting guest conductor to lead these concerts. On every program, the fantastic musicians of your Kansas City Symphony will bring their talents to bear on masterworks selected just for you!

MASTERWORKS & OVATION SERIES
Friday and Saturday, February 2-3, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 4, 2024 2 p.m.

Michael Stern, conductor
Pamela Frank, piano

Shelley Washington  Both (KCS co-commission)
Alberto Ginastera  Variaciones concertantes
Ludwig Van Beethoven  Violin Concerto

Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Shelley Washington is making a big splash with her unique music that blends elements of jazz, rock, and American folk. You’ll love how she happily rattles cages, rages against the machine, and makes lots of joyful noise in “Both,” a work co-commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony.

Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera expertly blended invigorating harmonies with irresistible Latin rhythms in his appealing Variaciones concertantes. Be amazed at the extraordinary talent of your Kansas City Symphony on display in this fabulous work.

Maestro Stern and the Symphony are eager to welcome Pamela Frank back to Kansas City for what’s sure to be a dazzling performance of Beethoven’s singular Violin Concerto. Frank will move you with her bold and perceptive interpretation of this landmark work.

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