Robby Steinhardt He also played violin on the track Activate, featured on Jon Anderson’s 2019 solo album 1000 Hands: Chapter One. More recently, he was in the throes of planning a solo venture.

FILE - Violinist Robby Steinhardt of the band Kansas attends the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre on Jan. 30, 2015 in Santa Barbara, California.

Kansas violinist and vocalist Robby Steinhardt arrives at the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Montecito Award ceremony on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

The four teamed up to form Kansas in 1973 in Topeka with the late Robby Steinhardt, who grew up in Lawrence, and Steve Walsh, who grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri.