Stephen Steigman
Stephen joined KCUR in October 2000 as the station's host of classical music. After working in the arts for ten years, Steigman made a somewhat associated switch to public radio. Stephen also worked for a number of orchestras and performing arts organizations - including the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Jerusalem Symphony in Israel, the Albany Symphony in New York, and the Aspen Music Festival. Stephen's love of public radio started at a young age when "shushed" by his father who wanted to listen to top-of-the-hour NPR news without interruption. His appreciation increased during high school, college (and beyond) with programs such as Car Talk, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Performance Today.
Most of all - Steigman's love for public radio and KCUR stems from the idea that public radio enriches our minds through news, commentary, and artistic programming - all important parts of our daily lives. Oh, and KCUR's "all you can drink coffee" policy is a nice bonus, too.
Steigman served as KCUR's afternoon drive host from 2001-2002 and began producing Up to Date with host Steve Kraske in August 2002. The show has earned awards from the Kansas City Press Club, Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, and others. Stephen enjoys hanging out on the front porch of his Brookside home with wife Tamara Falicov, a professor of film studies at the University of Kansas and their son, Ilan, daughter Avital, and infant daughter, Noa.
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Youth Symphony of Kansas City Artistic Director Kirt Mosier and students Shelby Holst and Charles Wolfe speak with Mike Prucha and Stephen Steigman of Classical KC.
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Happy 2021! For many decades music lovers have enjoyed the New Year’s concerts from Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic. In this show we have our own Viennese New Year’s extravaganza with sparkling music by the Strauss family Johann (Sr. and II), Eduard, and Josef, and some of the best conductors of this music – Clemens Krauss, Carlos Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan and Willi Boskovsky. It’s a fabulous and fun hour of music.
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Members of Kansas City's Landlocked Opera join us to talk about the new company, their education programs, and what they've doing during the pandemic.
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Classical KC speaks with Fountain City Brass Band's Artistic Director Lee Harrelson, Conductor Joseph Parisi, and principal baritone Helen Harrelson.
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Classical KC interviews Ben Spalding and Kayleigh Aytes of Kansas City's Spire Chamber Ensemble.
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Stephen Steigman and Dawn Schnake chat with Music Director Charles Bruffy, Soprano Lindsey Lang, and Tenor Frank Fleschner.
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In this episode, Stephen Steigman and Dawn Schnake chat with Elizabeth Suh Lane and Elisa Williams Bickers from Bach Aria Soloists. They share music from their album "Hausmusik," and from a streamed performance recorded in September 2020. -
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