Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony
Symphony orchestra
Short nameKC Symphony
Founded1982 (1982)
Concert hallKauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Principal conductorMatthias Pintscher
Websitewww.kcsymphony.org

The Kansas City Symphony (KCS) is an American symphony orchestra based in Kansas City, Missouri. The orchestra is resident at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra performs a 42-week season, and is also the accompanying orchestra for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet.

The orchestra's current music director is Matthias Pintscher, as of the 2024-2025 season. Michael Stern, the orchestra's music director from 2005 to 2024, is music director laureate of the orchestra. Since July 2019, the orchestra's current executive director is Danny Beckley.