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| | Leonkoro String Quartet
March 28, 2025 I 7:00 PM I 1900 Building
The winners of the Wigmore Hall Quartet Competition, Leonkoro String Quartet, in their Kansas City debut, offer a multifaceted program with music by Haydn, Berg, Shaw, and Mendelssohn. The group “possesses an extraordinary stage presence, glows for the music, embraces full artistic risk, and astounds through their profound sensitivity towards the unique sonority of each piece “ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Buy Tickets |
| | "Voyage de passion"
April 25, 2025 I 7:00 PM I 1900 Building
A phenomenal concert celebrating the riveting abandon of francophone passion. Featuring works by Maurice Ravel, Joseph Jongen, and Gabriel Fauré, the FCMKC Artistic Directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park will be joined on stage by violinist Martin Beaver (formerly the first violin of the famed Tokyo Quartet) and acclaimed violist Ettore Causa of Yale University. | Buy Tickets |
| | Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Master Pianist
May 9, 2025 I 7:00 PM I Folly Theater
In a monumental feat of artistry and endurance, the master pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet will bring the 49th Season of the Friends to a magnificent close by performing the complete piano works of Maurice Ravel in one single evening in celebration of the composer’s 150th anniversary of birth. “He makes you listen to music as if you are discovering it Eureka!-style: yes, that’s what the composer must have meant.” — Financial Times | Buy Tickets |