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July 23, 2025 — A series of 11 concerts, featuring world-renowned special guests and º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø faculty, students and alumni, will highlight the ’s 2025-26 season. The 23rd year of Park ICM concerts begins in September and ends in May 2026.

The showcase of classical music kicks off on Friday, Sept. 5, with and in concert at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan., and concludes on Friday, May 1, 2026, also at the 1900 Building, with .

In between, an immense depth of musicality will include concerts featuring violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi, the husband-and-wife duo of and (both members of the Park ICM faculty/staff), Park ICM piano and strings students at the 1900 Building, as well as concerts with the ICM Orchestra and ICM Chamber Orchestra in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University’s flagship campus in Parkville.

In addition, the 7th annual and much-anticipated Stanislav and Friends gala, featuring the concert’s namesake, (supported in part by Paul and Linda DeBruce), will be held on Saturday, March 21, in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo.

The International Center for Music’s complete 2025-26 concert schedule:
          •  Friday, Sept. 5 — , viola, and , piano, 7:30 p.m., 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.
          •  Friday, Oct. 3 — Park ICM Orchestra with Guest Conductor , 7:30 p.m., Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel (º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø), Parkville, Mo.
          •  Thursday, Oct. 23 — Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin, 7:30 p.m., 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.
          •  Thursday, Nov. 13 — ICM Piano Studio students, 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.
          •  Friday, Dec. 5 — Park ICM Orchestra with Conductor , 7:30 p.m., Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel (º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø), Parkville, Mo.
          •  Friday, Jan. 23 — , violin, and , piano, 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.
          •  Friday, Feb. 6 — Park ICM Orchestra with Guest Conductor , 7:30 p.m., Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel (º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø), Parkville, Mo.
          •  Friday, March 13 — ICM Violin Studio students, ICM Cello Studio students and ICM Viola Studio students, 7:30 p.m., 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.
          •  Saturday, March 21 — Stanislav and Friends, 7 p.m., Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Helzberg Hall), Kansas City, Mo.
          •  Friday, April 17 — Park ICM Orchestra with Guest Conductor , 7:30 p.m., Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel (º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø), Parkville, Mo.
          •  Friday, May 1 — , piano, 7:30 p.m., 1900 Building, Mission Woods, Kan.

Admission for the Park ICM Orchestra and Park ICM Orchestra concerts at Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP in advance (links to each concert will be available in the fall). For concerts at the 1900 Building, tickets are $30 for the general public and $10 for students with valid I.D. via the (links to each concert will be available in August). Tickets for the Stanislav and Friends concert at the will be available in late 2025/early 2026.

For more information about the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø International Center for Music, visit .