Announcing the Park ICM 2023-2024 Season of Concerts

Park ICM Presents Pianist Mikhail Voskresensky

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
September 22, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Mikhail Voskresensky, born in Berdiansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union, is a Russian pianist and music pedagogue who left Russia for the United States in 2022 protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is known internationally as a pianist in the great Romantic tradition. His playing shows a thorough command of contrasting musical colors, never disharmonious, and a legato technique drawing forth a singing voice from the instrument.  Program Information Here

KC Chamber Orchestra With Park ICM Pianist Kuok-Wai Lio

Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 W. 13^th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
September 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Working in collaboration with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and Maestro Bruce Sorrell, Park ICM is thrilled to once again collaborate with this incredible chamber orchestra on two famed pieces for piano, an amazing early Mozart concerto, and the incredible Bach Brandenburg 5 featuring Kuok-Wai Lio of the ICM Piano Studio. Program Information Here

Park ICM Orchestra Fall 2023 Concert With Guest Conductor David Amado

Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
October 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m

The Park ICM Orchestra will open the orchestral season with guest conductor David Amado. Music Director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Music Director and Conductor of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. Program Information Here

ICM String Studio in Recital

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
October 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Park ICM’s concert season continues with an award-winning roster of musicians from the string studios of violinist Ben Sayevich, cellist Daniel Veis and violist Peter Chun. Program Information Here

Park ICM Piano Studio in Recital

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
November 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

An entire evening devoted to piano lovers, this amazing annual concert will feature the students of Van Cliburn gold medalist Stanislav Ioudenitch. Program Information Here

Park ICM Orchestra Presents a Holiday Concert

Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
December 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Offered at the charming Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel at Park University, this delightful concert enhances what has already become one of the best holiday events in the Greater Kansas City area, Christmas on the River. Park ICM’s Orchestra will create a special evening of music full of holiday sounds and spirit.

Program Information Here

Park ICM Presents the Rosamunde Trio

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
January 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m

The Rosamunde Trio has toured extensively in the UK on 25 occasions and has also performed in festivals and major venues in the USA, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Cyprus and the Czech Republic. The Trio’s recordings include the Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Trios, as well as Dvorak’s Trios, all recorded in Prague at the Liechtenstein Palace. Park ICM is pleased to present the Rosamunde Trio at the 1900 Building. Program Information Here

Park ICM Orchestra 2024 Valentine’s Week Concert With Guest Conductor Tim Hankewich

Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
February 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

The ICM Orchestra of Park University will present a program of music with a Valentine’s Day theme in the quaint Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel at Park University. Tim Hankewich, will join the Park ICM Orchestra as special guest conductor. Popular with audiences and critics alike, Hankewich has earned an outstanding reputation as a maestro whose classical artistry is as inspiring as his personality is engaging. Program Information Here

Park ICM Masters in Concert Presents Ben Sayevich, Violin, & Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
February 29, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

The thrilling combination of this husband-and-wife duo will be highlighted by their always dynamic choice of repertoire.  Program Information Here

Park University Presents Stanislav & Friends 2024

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
March 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

For nearly two decades, under the leadership of 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner Stanislav Ioudenitch, Park University’s International Center for Music (ICM) has molded already accomplished musicians into national and international phenoms. Ioudenitch is widely admired and celebrated around the globe and on March 8, 2024, ICM will once again convene Stanislav’s friends, family, ICM alumni, and current faculty and students in this annual concert that writer Paul Pattison called, “. . . completely alluring. Bravo to all.”

Park ICM March 2024 Orchestra Concert With Guest Conductor, Laura Jackson

Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
March 15, 2024

The Orchestra of the International Center for Music at Park University is pleased to present this penultimate orchestra season concert with guest conductor Laura Jackson, Music Director and Conductor of the Reno Philharmonic Association. Program Information Here

Park ICM Presents Violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
March 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Born in Tel Aviv, violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi is a noted performer and pedagogue. Called “A genuine talent . . . profoundly gifted” by The Vienna Express, his appearance is underwritten by Park University. Program Information Here

Park ICM Presents Pianist Behzod Abduraimov and Violinist Daniel Lozakovich

1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, KS
April 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Park University’s super star pianist and ICM artist-in-residence returns to Kansas City and this time brings a new friend. Violinist Daniel Lozakovich’s majestic music-making has left critics and audiences spellbound. “Perfect mastery. An exceptional talent,” observed Le Figaro after a performance in Verbier Festival, while the Boston Globe praised the “poise, tonal purity, and technique to spare” of his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons at the Tanglewood Festival in July 2017. Daniel’s collaboration with Behzod is sure to bring down the house and sell out quickly! Repertoire to be determined.  Program Information Here

Park ICM Orchestra Season Finale Concert With Guest Conductor Barbara Yahr

Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
April 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

The Orchestra of the International Center for Music at Park University is pleased to present this final orchestra season concert with guest conductor Barbara Yahr. Ms. Yahr is currently Music Director of the Greenwich Village Orchestra, an ensemble known for its innovative and collaborative projects, offering a full season of classical music to the community in lower Manhattan. The concert is free with reservation.  Program Information Here