Read through the names of those artists who have performed at Festivals through the years. 

2008

2006

 Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Piotr Anderszewski (’02 GA)
Leif Ove Andsnes (’98 GA)
Lynne Arriale
Avalon String Quartet
The Bad Plus
William Bolcom
Kenneth Bos
Henry Butler
Richard Carsey
Ya-Fei Chuang
Claremont Trio
Kristin Clayton
Jimmy Cobb
C. Curtis-Smith
Christina Dahl
Danilo Pérez Trio
Ron DiSalvio
Stephen Drury
Ingrid Fliter (’06 GA)
Tom Frey
John Gibbons
Matthew Glandorf
Ralf Gothóni (’94 GA)
Alpin Hong
Bruce Hornsby
Carol Isaac
Dan Jacobson
Jeff Hamilton Trio
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Gilbert Kalish
Bojan Knezevic
Renata Knific
Robert Levin
Lil’ Brian & the Zydeco Travelers
Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
Joe Miller
Jay Hunter Morris
Joan Morris
Nachito Herrera Quartet
Erin Neff
David Owen Norris (’91 GA)
Richard Novak
Natasha Paremski (’06 GYA)
Stanley Pelkey
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band
Carl Ratner
Eric Reed Trio
Aviram Reichert
Rich Ridenour
Silvia Roederer
Sarah Rothenberg
Peter Serkin
Lori Sims
Sonnerie
Christopher Taylor (’91 GYA)
McCoy Tyner Trio
Dawn Upshaw
Elina Vähälä
Yuja Wang (’06 GYA)
Allison Williams
Gail Williams
Calvin College Alumni Choir
Western Michigan University Chorale
Grand Rapids Symphony
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

2004

Pierre-Laurent Aimard
John Ames
Piotr Anderszewski (’02 GA)
Leif Ove Andsnes (’98 GA)
Apollo’s Fire
Meredith Arwady
Emanuel Ax
The Bad Plus
Jonathan Biss (’02 GYA)
Boston Camerata
Adrian Brendel
Alfred Brendel
Bruce Brubaker
Ray Bryant
Bill Charlap and the Bill Charlap Trio
Fred Child
James David Christie
Peter Cincotti
Harry Connick, Jr.
Eldar Djangirov
Mikael Eliasen
Christopher Falzone (’04 GYA)
Hershey Felder
Frances Conover Fitch
Kirill Gerstein (’02 GYA)
Richard Goode
Carl Halvorson
Angela Hewitt
Dick Hyman
Ahmad Jamal
Dylana Jenson
Dan Jacobson
Dr. John
Gilbert Kalish
Jacques Loussier Trio
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Steven Mayer
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
Susan Narucki
Adam Neiman (’95 GYA)
Ellen Rabiner
Aviram Reichert
Silvia Roederer
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio
Hilton Ruiz Trio
Elizabeth Schumann (’04 GYA)
Lori Sims
Christopher Taylor (’91 GYA)
Andrew von Oeyen (’99 GYA)
Orion Weiss (’99 GYA)
Western Jazz Quartet
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich
Lake Michigan College Chorus
Western Michigan University Chorale

2002

Piotr Anderszewski (’02 GA)
Andrew Armstrong (’95 GYA)
Mr. B
Patricia Barber
Jonathan Biss (’02 GYA)
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Fred Child
David Loberg Code
Harry Connick, Jr.
Chick Corea New Trio
C. Curtis-Smith
Christina Dahl
Xavier Davis Trio
Don Desmett
Taylor Eigsti Trio
Julia and Irina Elkina
Leon Fleisher and the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O (with David Jolley and Michael Tree)
Claude Frank
Bill Garlick
Kirill Gerstein (’02 GYA)
Alon Goldstein
Mark Guthrie
Joseph Horowitz
Dick Hutson
Stuart Isacoff
Daniel Jacobson
Hank Jones Trio
Owen Jorgensen
Juilliard String Quartet
Gilbert Kalish
Alexander Korsantia
Dominique Labelle and Yehudi Wyner
Olga Makarina, David Machavariani and George Vatchnadze
Bob Milne and Reginald Robinson
Peter Miyamoto (’90 GYA)
Judy Moonert
Garrick Ohlsson
Murray Perahia
Eric Reed
Aviram Reichert and Arthur Campbell
Rich Ridenour and Brian Zocher (with Invention-Mania)
Marcus Roberts Trio
David Schrader
Lori Sims
Liz Story
Christopher Taylor (’90 GYA)
Alexander Toradze and the Toradze Piano Studio
Basil Twist and the Petrushka Puppeteers
Chucho Valdés and Band
Western Jazz Quartet
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
National Public Radio
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

2000

Leif Ove Andsnes (’98 GA), Christian Tetzlaff and Tanja Tetzlaff
Beaux Arts Trio
Alfred Brendel
Kevin Cole
Michael Feinstein
Dorothy Foote
Jon Gillock
Martin Goldsmith
David Golub and Gary Hoffman
Ralf Gothóni (’94 GA) and Elina Vähälä
Fred Hersch
Brenda Huang (’90 GYA)
Diana Krall Quartet
Li'l Brian and the Zydeco Travelers
David Little
Tania Maria
Marian McPartland
Brad Mehldau
Peter Miyamoto (’90 GYA)
Adam Neiman (’95 GYA)
David Owen Norris (’91 GA)
Ursula Oppens
Orion String Quartet
Christopher O'Riley
Danilo Perez Trio
Eric Reed
Paula Pugh Romanaux
Peter Serkin
Orli Shaham with Ziv Arazi
Lori Sims
John Stetch
Liz Story
Andrew von Oeyen (’99 GYA)
Robert Walker
André Watts
Janice Weber
Orion Weiss (’99 GYA)
Bradley Wong
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
National Public Radio
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Western Jazz Quartet

1998
 

Leif Ove Andsnes (’98 GA)
Andrew Armstrong (’95 GYA)
Emanuel Ax
Carmen Balthrop and José Cáceres
Leon Bates
Jim Brickman
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Evan Drachman and Margo Garrett
Emerson String Quartet
Martin Goldsmith
Eddie Gomez
Ara Guzelimian
David Higgs
Stephen Hough
Hsing-ay Hsu (’98 GYA)
Stuart Isacoff
Brenda Jones (’98 GYA)
Hank Jones Trio
Diana Krall Trio
William Littler
Steven Lubin
Yuki and Tomoko Mack
Lincoln Mayorga
Ann-Marie McDermott
Zarin Mehta
Joan Morris and William Bolcom
Frederick Moyer
Peter Nero Trio
Kurt Ollmann and Frederick Weldy
John W. Ourensma
John Pearson
Danilo Perez
Awadagin Pratt
Angelina Réaux and Patrick Sinozich
Santiago Rodriguez
Paula Pugh Romanaux
Sarah Rothenberg
Ann Schein
Andrea Schneider (’93 GYA)
Laura Spitzer
Meg, Peter and Richard Stoltzman
Trio Fontenay
Nelita True
Irma Vallecillo
Dame Gillian Weir
Pablo Ziegler and Christopher O'Riley
Krystian Zimerman
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra
National Public Radio
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

1996

Andrew Armstrong (’95 GYA)
Sahan Arzruni and Anna Djanbazian
Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma
Canadian Brass
Segwick Clark
Alicia de Larrocha
Misha and Cipa Dichter
Dorothy Donegan
David Dubal
Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir
Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith
Harris Goldsmith
Ralf Gothóni (’94 GA) and Tom Krause
Sir Roland Hanna
Bruce Hornsby and Bela Fleck
Stuart Isacoff
Elizabeth Laich and Marcel Bergmann
Katherine Lee (’95 GYA)
Yuki and Tomoko Mack
Ralph Markham and Kenneth Broadway
Wayne Marshall and Mladen Janjanin
Dudley Moore
Adam Neiman (’95 GYA)
David Owen Norris, Chantal Juillet and Michael Collins
Jean-Pierre Rampal and John Steele Ritter
Pamela Ross and José Molina
Ed Rothstein
Orli Shaham (’95 GYA)
Alex Slobodyanik (’95 GYA)
Rick Sowash
Laura Spitzer
Margaret Leng Tan
Terry Teachout
Butch Thompson and Marion Caffey
McCoy Tyner
Flavio Varani
Irma Vallecillo and Richard Stoltzman
Jeff Weiler
William Wolfram and Jeffrey Hankinson
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony
Kalamazoo Concert Band
Kalamazoo Singers Festival Chorus
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
National Public Radio
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
José Valdés Orchestra and The Barrazza Sisters

1994

Soojin Ahn (’93 GYA)
William “Skip” Barry
Dmitri Bashkirov
Leon Bates
Malcolm Bilson
Spencer Carroll
Ray Charles
Wendy Chen (’90 GYA)
Wynne Delacoma
Dorothy Donegan
David Dubal
Guy Duckworth
Tommy Flanagan
Julia Freeman and George Skipworth
Brian Ganz
Hanis Goldsmith
Ralf Gothóni (’94 GA)
Gary Graffman
Robert Green
Myrick “Freeze” Guillory and Nouveau Zydeco
Horacio Gutiérrez
Sir Roland Hanna
Dick Hyman
Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band
Nicholas Kenyon
Matthias Kirschnereit
Anton Kuerti
Susan Lipman
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Ellis Marsalis
Wayne Marshall
Anders Martinson (’93 GYA)
Robert Meyer
Peter Miyamoto (’90 GYA)
Jim Montgomery
Paul Moore
Bryce Morrison
Julie Jaffee Nagel
Louis Nagel
David Owen Norris (’90 GA)
Timothy Page
Véronique Pélisséro
Dwarakanath Rao
Marcus Roberts
Eric Ross
Samite of Uganda
Andrea Schneider (’93 GYA)
Aleksander Serdar
Peter Serkin
Robert Sherman
Russell Sherman
Frederick Swann
Peter Takacs
Christopher Taylor (’90 GYA)
Ralph Votapek
André Watts
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony
Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra
I Musici de Montreal
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

1991

 Steve Allen
Malcolm Bilson
Blair String Quartet
Camilla Cai
Wendy Chen (GYA)
Van Cliburn
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Alicia de Larrocha
Emilio del Rosario
Anthony di Bonaventura
C. Curtis-Smith and Ramon Zupko, composers
Raymond Dudley
Vladimir Feltsman
Leon Fleisher
Fontana String Quartet
Edmund M. Frederick
Bill Goodfellow
Hans Graf
Walter Hautzig
Joseph Horowitz
Brenda Huang (GYA)
Igor Kipnis
Ramsey Lewis
Christophe Mantoux
Marian McPartland Trio
Peter Miyamoto (GYA) and I Fu Wang
James Moeser
Peter Nero Trio
David Owen Norris (GA)
John Perry
Matti Raekallio
Harold C. Schonberg
George Shearing Duo
Abraham Stokman
Billy Taylor
Christopher Taylor (GYA)
Nelita True
Aube Tzerko
Adam Wibrowski
Stephen Wigler
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra
Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

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