Classical Music at Matinee Musicale of Cincinnati

You may recognize the names of now-famous classical music stars in the list below. Many of these stellar careers were launched in Cincinnati, a city widely acknowledged to support the performing arts in general, and classical music in particular.

It is with pleasure and understandable pride that Matinee Musicale Cincinnati publishes the names of some of the almost 500 musical personalities who performed for us and members of our community during our first 96 years. And now, after a brief hiatus, we proudly announce our 97th season bringing to you the performances of vocalists and instrumentalists who will become the classical music stars of tomorrow.

The Artists	Instrument or Voice	Year
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	comp and composition	1929
Jose Iturbi	piano	1930
Joseph Szigeti	violin	1931
Alexandre Gretchaninoff	piano and composition	1932
Lotte Lehman	soprano	1933
Shura Cherkassy	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
Vronsky & Babin	duo-piano	1941
Claudio Arrau	piano	1941
Mack Harrell	baritone	1942
Mack Harrell	baritone	1942
Zinka Milanov	soprano	1943
Martial Singher	baritone	1944
Leonard Warren	baritone	1945
Jennie Tourel	soprano	1946
Robert Weede	baritone	1947
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
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
Jean-Philippe Collard	piano	1996
Michael Chertock	piano	1997
Dean Elzinga	bass-baritone	1997
Theresa Santiago	soprano	1999
Polina Bespalko	piano	2000
Sergio Tiempo	piano	2002
Philip Quint	violin	2003
Rachel Lee	violin	2004
Pavaali Jumppanen	piano	2005
Baiba Skride	violin	2005
Peng Peng	piano	2006
Mihaela Ursuleasa	piano	2006
Theresa Santiago	soprano	2006
Michael J. Wanko	baritone	2006
Conrad Tao	piano	2008
Ilya Yakushev	piano	2009
Thomas Hammons	bass baritone	2009
Jennifer Frautschi	violin	2009

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