ARTISTS HISTORY
Below are some of our guest artists who have gone on to have illustrious careers from 1912 to the present.
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Slideshow created by Carolmae Katz.
| The Artists | Instrument/Voice | Year |
| Julia Culp | soprano | 1913 |
| Jacques Thibaud | violin | 1914 |
| Alma Beck | contralto | 1917 |
| Maggie Teyte | soprano | 1920 |
| Marcel Dupre | organ | 1924 |
| Myra Hess | piano | 1925 |
| Nadia Boulanger | piano | 1925 |
| John Alden Carpenter | composition | 1929 |
| Jose Iturbi | piano | 1930 |
| Joseph Szigeti | violin | 1931 |
| Alexandre Gretchaninoff | piano and composition | 1932 |
| Lotte Lehmann | soprano | 1933 |
| Shura Cherkassky | piano | 1934 |
| Nathan Milstein | violin | 1935 |
| Lauritz Melchior | tenor | 1935 |
| Arthur Schnabel | piano | 1936 |
| Emanuel Feuermann | cello | 1936 |
| Marian Anderson | contralto | 1937 |
| Arthur Rubinstein | piano | 1938 |
| Alexander Brailowski | piano | 1940 |
| Helen Traubel | soprano | 1940 |
| Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin | duo-piano | 1941 |
| Claudio Arrau | piano | 1941 |
| Mack Harrell | baritone | 1942 |
| Zinka Milanov | soprano | 1943 |
| Martial Singher | baritone | 1944 |
| Leonard Warren | baritone | 1945 |
| Jennie Tourel | soprano | 1946 |
| Robert Weede | baritone | 1947 |
| Isaac Stern | violin | 1948 |
| Ruggiero Ricci | violin | 1948 |
| Byron Janis | piano | 1950 |
| Gina Bachauer | piano | 1951 |
| George London | bass-baritone | 1952 |
| Tossy Spivakovsky | violin | 1953 |
| Leon Fleisher | piano | 1954 |
| Isaac Stern | violin | 1955 |
| Jerome Hines | bass | 1955 |
| Van Cliburn | piano | 1955 |
| Joseph Szigeti | violin | 1955 |
| Daniel Barenboim | piano | 1958 |
| Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau | baritone | 1958 |
| Henryk Szeryng | violin | 1959 |
| Jaime Laredo | violin | 1961 |
| Jorge Bolet | piano | 1961 |
| Malcolm Frager | piano | 1962 |
| Itzhak Perlman | violin | 1966 |
| Sherrill Milnes | baritone | 1968 |
| Beverly Sills | soprano | 1969 |
| Pinchas Zukerman | violin | 1969 |
| Grant Johannsen | piano | 1971 |
| Benita Valenti | soprano | 1973 |
| Daniel Heifetz | violin | 1974 |
| Edith Peinemann | violin | 1975 |
| Frederica von Stade | soprano | 1975 |
| Judith Blegen | soprano | 1976 |
| Emmanuel Ax | piano | 1976 |
| Andre-Michel Schub | piano | 1977 |
| Janina Fielkowska | piano | 1978 |
| Eugenia Zuckerman | flute | 1980 |
| Andras Schiff | piano | 1982 |
| Joshua Bell | violin | 1983 |
| Ransom Wilson | flute | 1983 |
| Jeffrey Kahane | piano | 1985 |
| Misha and Cipa Dichter | duo-piano | 1986 |
| Jean Ives Thibaudet | piano | 1987 |
| Alexander Toradze | piano | 1988 |
| Nigel Kennedy | violin | 1989 |
| Lydia Artymiw | piano | 1989 |
| Paul Plishka | bass | 1990 |
| John Aler | tenor | 1990 |
| Mitsuko Shirai | soprano | 1991 |
| Nicholas Angelich | piano | 1994 |
| Nokuthula Ngwenyama | viola | 1995 |
| Frederic Chiu | piano | 1996 |
| Jean-Philippe Collard | piano | 1996 |
| Alyssa Park | violin | 1997 |
| Cecily Nall | soprano | 1997 |
| Michael Chertock | piano | 1997 |
| Mark Kosower | cello | 1997 |
| Dean Elzinga | bass-baritone | 1998 |
| Stefan Vladar | piano | 1998 |
| Alfredo Perl | piano | 1998 |
| Ljuba Kazanovskaya | piano | 1999 |
| Zephyr Trio: Jeanne Galway, Kaethe Jarka, Samuel Sanders | flute, cello, piano | 1999 |
| Brian Lewis | violin | 1999 |
| Jonathan Biss | piano | 1999 |
| Theresa Santiago | soprano | 1999 |
| Marina Piccinini and Andreas Haefliger | flute, piano | 2000 |
| The Alexis Trio: Sylvia Samis, Michael Samis, Keiko Alexander | violin, cello, piano | 2000 |
| Stella Simakova | piano | 2000 |
| Dean Elzinga | bass-baritone | 2000 |
| Polina Bespalko | piano | 2000 |
| Jennifer Koh | violin | 2001 |
| Bryan Wallick | piano | 2001 |
| Sergio Tiempo | piano | 2001 |
| Leon Williams | baritone | 2001 |
| Philip Quint | violin | 2002 |
| Katia Skanavi | piano | 2002 |
| Susan Platts | mezzo-soprano | 2003 |
| J.Y. Song | piano | 2003 |
| Sergio Tiempo | piano | 2004 |
| Janice Chandler | soprano | 2004 |
| Rachel Lee | violin | 2004 |
| Jale Papila & Michael Balke | mezzo-soprano, piano | 2004 |
| Paavali Jumppanen | piano | 2005 |
| Ji-Yong | piano | 2005 |
| Baiba Skride & Lauma Skride | violin, piano | 2005 |
| Peng Peng | piano | 2006 |
| Mihaela Ursuleasa | piano | 2006 |
| Theresa Santiago & Michael J. Wanko | soprano, baritone | 2006 |
| Conrad Tao | piano | 2008 |
| Ilya Yakushev | piano | 2009 |
| Thomas Hammons | bass-baritone | 2009 |
| Jennifer Frautschi | violin | 2009 |
| Natalya Kraevsky | soprano | 2010 |
| Nareh Arghamanyan | piano | 2010 |
| Amit Peled & Eli Kalman | cello, piano | 2010 |
| Meng Su & Yameng Wang | guitar duo | 2011 |
| Olga Kern | piano | 2011 |
| Chad Hoopes | violin | 2011 |
| Alexander Melnikov | piano | 2011 |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | piano | 2012 |
| Scott Ramsey & Christopher Allen | tenor, piano | 2012 |
| Alexander Fiterstein | clarinet | 2012 |
| Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung | piano duo | 2013 |
| Mac Frampton | jazz piano | 2013 |
| Charlie Albright | piano | 2013 |
| Kara Shay Thomson | soprano | 2013 |
| Goldstein Peled Fiterstein Trio | piano, cello, clarinet | 2014 |
| Matthew Worth | baritone | 2014 |
| Gleb Ivanov | piano | 2014 |
| Jeanine De Bique | soprano | 2014 |
| Andrew Garland | baritone | 2014 |
| Ilya Kaler | violin | 2014 |
| Alon Goldstein | piano | 2014 |
| Natasha Paremski | piano | 2015 |
| Yevgeny Sudbin | piano | 2015 |
| Claire Huangci | piano | 2015 2017 |
| Roman Rabinovich | piano | 2015 |
| The Tempest Trio: Ilya Kaler, Amit Peled, Alon Goldstein | violin, cello, piano | 2015 |
| Ashu | saxophone | 2016 |
| Nadine Sierra | soprano | 2016 |
| Amit Peled | cello | 2016 |
| Ben Bliss | tenor | 2016 |
| Joyce Yang | piano | 2017 |
| Paul Huang | violin | 2017 |
| Winston Choi | piano | 2017 |
| Joshua Brown | violin | 2017 |
| Jamie Barton | Soprano | 2018 |
| Julian Bliss | clarinet | 2018 |
| Yolanda Kondonassis & Jason Vieaux | harp/guitar duo | 2018 |
| Akropolis Reed Quintet | Woodwinds | 2018 |
| Tessa Lark | Violin | 2018 |
| Pene Pati | Tenor | 2019 |
| Brannon Cho | Cello | 2019 |
| Ashley Hall | Trumpet | 2019 |
| Albert Cano Smith | Piano | 2019 |
| Dover Quartet | String Quartet | 2019 |
* Many thanks to Matinée Musicale member Carolmae Katz for compiling this slideshow and history.