KC Symphony gives the metro a hometown preview of their upcoming European tour
Kansas City Symphony at Berliner Festspiele. // photo credit Fabian Schellhorn
Next week, the Kansas City Symphony returns to the stages of Europe after a resoundingly successful 2024 tour, playing in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Berlin.
As Claire Martin, PR & Partnerships manager for the Symphony, puts it: “Kansas City had a well-known love affair with Amsterdam for the World Cup this summer, and Amsterdam is our first stop on the tour. So, right after we hosted Amsterdam, KC is now taking our music to their front door.”
With Kansas City so visible on the international stage following the World Cup and the recent fourth season premiere of Ted Lasso, we’re having a bit of a moment in terms of civic pride, so this is a prime opportunity for KC on the global stage.
Michael Gordon. // photo courtesy KC Symphony
“Ultimately, this tour is a celebration of Kansas City’s love for music,” says Michael Gordon, principal flute. “Decades of passion, support and dedication from our community have led us to this opportunity to represent Kansas City on three of the most iconic stages in the world.”
Gordon notes that two years ago, the symphony received the warmest and most enthusiastic welcome from their audiences in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Berlin, and he’s quite excited for the players to share with them a resounding musical “HELLO AGAIN, FRIENDS!”
“I also can’t wait to take a bike ride around Amsterdam, and I will get a doner kebab in Berlin, and just maybe I’ll find a pint (or even a liter) of a delicious beer in Hamburg,” enthuses Gordon, previewing the tour diaries we’ll be hosting here at the Pitch next week, wherein members of the KC Symphony will share their reactions and thoughts on each night.
Locals can catch the first show of the tour here at home for the KC Symphony’s European tour send-off show on Friday, August 21 at the Kauffman Center.
As Gordon ably points out, “It turns out, the world’s stage is right here. My colleagues and I are very proud of that, and I hope Kansas City is too.”
Details on the KC Symphony’s Friday, August 21, tour kick-off performance here.
