Past Artists
Established in 1892 as the Tuesday Morning Musical Club, Tuesday Musical's first concerts were held in local homes and the Fontenelle Hotel ballroom. After 1911 it expanded into local theaters and emerged as a non-profit concert series of international artists, open to all.
Many of the artists, unknown at the time of
their engagement here, have since become legend; some have been
relegated to oblivion, but all contributed in some measure to the
musical life of Omaha. It has been estimated that in the first 70
years following the change from club to nonprofit organization,
Tuesday Musical brought 95 percent of the world's
greatest artists to Omaha. What follows is a partial list of artists
who have been part of this pioneer endeavor.
1911-1912
Charles Wakefield Cadman, pianist
Paul Kennedy Harper
1912-1913
Max Landow, pianist
Eugene Ysaye, violinist
1914-1915
Raphael Navas, pianist
1915-1916
Harold Bauer, pianist
Louise Homer, contralto
Zoellner String Quartet
1916-1917
Pavley and Oukrainsky, Russian dancers
Leopold Godowsky, pianist
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Pablo Casals and Charles W. Clark, cellist and
baritone (joint recital)
1917-1918
Oscar Seagle, baritone
Eddy Brown, violinist
Helen Stanley, soprano
Yvette Guilbert, song interpreter
Emily Bauer, pianist
Frieda Hempel, soprano
1918-1919
Julia Claussen, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Hackett, tenor
Marie Mikova, pianist
Warren Proctor, tenor
Lucy Gates, coloratura soprano
Trio de Lutece
Mme. Olga Samaroff, pianist
Jascha Heifetz, violinist
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1919-1920
Miss Sophie Braslau, contralto
Albert Spaulding, violinist
Arthur Hackett, tenor
Zoellner String Quartet
Josef Hofmann, pianist
Mabel Garrison, soprano
John Quine, baritone
Adolph Bohm Ballet Intime and Little Symphony, Salzedo,
conductor
1920-1921
Anna Case, soprano
Anna Pavlova and Her Ballet Russe
Sergei Rachmaninoff, pianist
Fritz Kreisler, violinist
1921-1922
Scotti Grand Opera Co.
Erika Morini, violinist
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
Ossip Gabrilowitch, pianist
Margarete Matzenauer, contralto
1922-1923
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Henry Weldon, baritone
Joseph Malkin, cellist
Benno Moiseivitsch, pianist
Edith Mason, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Fritz Kreisler, violinist
1923-1924
Sigrid Onegin, contralto
Maier and Pattison, duo pianists
Telmanyi, violinist
Ukranian National Chorus
Minneapolis Symphony
Vladimir de Pachmann, pianist
1924-1925
Tito Schipa, tenor
Jose Echaniz, pianist
Elena Gerhardt, German Lieder singer
Guiomar Novaes, pianist
London String Quartet
Cecilia Hansen, violinist
1925-1926
Toscha Seidel, violinist
Gitta Gradova, pianist
Harold Bauer, pianist
Jacques Thibaud, violinist
Sigrid Onegin, contralto
Maria Jeritza, soprano
Maximillian Rose, violinist
Emil Polak, pianist
1926-1927
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Carl Flesch, violinist
Karin Banzell, contralto
Walter Gieseking, pianist
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
New York String Quartet
1927-1928
English Singers
Heinrich Schlusnus, baritone
Albert Spaulding, violinist
Percy Grainger, pianist
Flonzaley String Quartet
Maria Mikova, pianist
1928-1929
Sophie Braslau, contralto
London String Quartet
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, duo pianists
Alexander Brailowsky, pianist
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1929-1930
Florence Austral, soprano, and John Amadio,
flutist
Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Kedroft Quartet, men's voices
New York String Quartet
1930-1931
Lener String Quartet
John Charles Thomas, baritone
Jose Iturbi, pianist
Carlo Zecchi, pianist
Paul Kochanski, violinist
1931-1932
Richard Crooks, tenor
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
London String Quartet
Sigrid Onegin, contralto
Robert Goldsand, pianist
1932-1933
Kathryn Meisle, contralto
Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, duo pianists
Myra Hess, pianist
Nathan Milstein, violinist
1933-1934
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone
Paris Quintet
Walter Gieseking, pianist
Queena Mario, soprano
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1934-1935
Dalies Frantz, pianist
Manhattan String Quartet
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Nathan Milstein, violinist
1935-1936
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Frances Nash, pianist
Kolisch String Quartet
Nelson Eddy, baritone
1936-1937
Charles Kullman, tenor
Jascha Heifetz, violinist
Roth String Quartet with Robert Schmitz, pianist
Artur Schnabel, pianist
1937-1938
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
Marian Anderson, contralto
Joset Hofmann, pianist
Emanuel Feuermann, cellist
1938-1939
Lily Pons, coloratura soprano
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
Guiomar Novaes, pianist
Vronsky and Babin, duo pianists
Robert Casadesus, pianist
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1939-1940
lgor Gorin, baritone
Robert Virovai, violinist
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Rise Stevens, mezzo soprano
1940-1941
Richard Crooks, tenor
Nathan Milstein, violinist
Simon Barer, pianist
Minneapolis Symphony
Helen Traubel, soprano
1941-1942
John Charles Thomas, baritone
Herta Glaz, soprano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, pianist
Gordon String Quartet
Zino Francescatti, violinist
Mack Harrell, baritone
1942-1943 Our 50th Year
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Vronsky and Babin, duo pianists
Ballet Theater
Isaac Stern, violinist
Minneapolis Symphony
1943-1944
Helen Jepson, soprano
Budapest String Quartet
Leonard Warren, baritone
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Robert Casadesus, pianist
1944-1945
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Ezio Pinza, bass-baritone
Claudio Arrau, pianist
Isaac Stern, violinist
Minneapolis Symphony
1945-1946
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Adolph Busch and Little Symphony,
Eugene Istomin, pianist
Patricia Travers, violinist
Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
Walter Cassel, baritone
1946-1947
Jussi Bjoerling, tenor
Pro Arte String Quartet
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
1947-1948
Maryla Jonas, pianist
William Primrose, violinist
Ezio Pinza, bass-baritone
Jennie Tourel, mezzo soprano
Albeneri Trio
1948-1949
Ebe Stignani, soprano
Ginette Neveu, violinist
Clifford Curzon, pianist
Luboshutz and Nemenoff, duo pianists
Bel Canto Trio - George London, Frances Yeend, Mario Berini
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1949-1950
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Isaac Stern, violinist
Griller String Quartet
1950-1951
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist
Jascha Heifetz, violinist
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Elena Nikolaidi, contralto
1951-1952
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Ossy Renardy, violinist
Solomon, pianist
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Virtuosi di Roma, string ensemble
1952-1953
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Brink and Pinkham, violinist and harpsichordist
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Nathan Milstein, violinist
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist
1953-1954
Wilma Lipp, soprano
Mack Harrell, baritone
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
Pierre Fournier, cellist
Albeneri Trio
1954-1955
Robert Shaw Chorale
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
Claudio Arrau, pianist
I Musici, chamber orchestra
Gold and Fizdale, duo pianists
1955-1956
Ivry Gitlis, violinist
Artur Rubinstein, pianist
Irene Jordan, soprano
George London, bass-baritone
Firkusny and Primrose, pianist and violist, in sonata
program
1956-1957
Leon Fleisher, pianist
Nathan Milstein, violinist
Cesare Valletti, tenor
Herva NeIli, mezzo-soprano
Quartetto Italiano
1957-1958
Joseph Liebling and Mastersingers
Vronsky and Babin, duo pianists
Eric Friedman, violinist
Mildred Miller, mezzo soprano
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
1958-1959
Robert Shaw Chorale
Cesare Valletti, tenor
Michael Rabin, violinist
Alexander Uninsky, pianist
Leonard Rose, cellist
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1959-1960
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Vronsky and Babin, duo pianists
Bach Aria Group - Jan Peerce, Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith
Byron Janis, pianist
Fredell Lack, violinist
1960-1961
Roberta Peters, coloratura soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
John Browning, pianist
Henryk Szeryng, violinist
Chicago Little Symphony
Thor Johnson, conductor
Van Cliburn, pianist
1961-1962
Joan Sutherland,soprano
Orchestra San Pietro, chamber orchestra
Leon Fleisher, pianist
Lee Luvisi, pianist
Ballet de France starring Janine Charrat
1962-1963
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
CorneIl MacNeil, bass-baritone
Regina Sarfaty, mezzo soprano
Chicago Little Symphony
Thor Johnson, conductor
Salvatore Accardo, violinist
1963-1964
Mildred Miller,mezzo-soprano
Paedia, Chorus of Greek Children
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist
Robert Shaw Chorale & small orchestra
Andres Segovia, guitarist
1964-1965
Richard Tucker, tenor
lnger Wikstrom, pianist
Charles Treger, violinist
Tamara Milashkina,soprano
I-Solisti di Zagreb, string ensemble
Philadelphia Symphony
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
1965-1966
Jean Madeira and Richard Cassilly, contralto and
tenor, joint recital
Zara Nelsova, cellist, and Grant Johannessen, pianist,
joint recital
Ivan Davis, pianist
Henryk Szeryng, violinist
Mary Costa, soprano
1966-1967
John Browning, pianist
Robert Merrill, baritone
Gary Graffman. pianist
Chicago Symphony
Jean Martinon, conductor
1967-1968
Gianna d'Angelo, coloratura soprano
Pina Carmirelli, violinist
The Romeros, four guitarists
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia
Anshel Brusilow, conductor, and Malcolm Frager,
soloist
1968-1969
Gary Graffman, pianist
Abraham Kaplan and The Camarata Singers
Young Uck Kim, violinist
Shirley Verrett, mezzo soprano
Gold & Fizdale, duo pianists
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1969-1970
Los Indios Tabajaras, guitarists
Alexander Slobodyanik, pianist
Giorgio Tozzi, bass-baritone
Rita Streich, soprano
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
1970-1971
Richard and John Contiguglia, duo pianists
Guiseppe Campora, tenor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist
Jeffrey Solow, cellist
1971-1972
James McCracken and Sandra Warfield, tenor and mezzo
soprano
Jeanne-Marie Darre, pianist
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Stockholm University Choir
Thomas Flagg, pianist
1972-1973
First Moog Quartet
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
The Romeros, four guitarists
Czech State Orchestra
Roberta Peters, soprano
1973-1974
Frederica Von Stade, mezzo soprano
George Shirley,tenor
National Ballet of Washington
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist
Radu Lupu, pianist
1974-1975
Peter Nero, pianist
John Ogdon, pianist
Vaclav Hudecek, violinist
Sherrill Milnes, baritone
St. John's Smith Square, London, Chamber Orchestra
1975-1976
Dubrovnik Festival Orchestra
Eugene Fodor, violinist
Evangelos and Lisa, guitarists
Malcolm Frager, pianist
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
1976-1977
Lynn Harrell, cellist
Karan Armstrong, soprano
Minoru Nojima, pianist
Gary Graffman, pianist, and Barry Tuckwell, French
horn, joint recital
1977-1978
Claude Frank and Lillian Kallir, duo pianists
Itzak Perlman, violinist
Simon Estes, bass-baritone
Emanuel Ax, pianist
1978-1979
Miriam Fried, violinist
Nathaniel Rosen, cellist
Ashley Putnam, soprano
Alexis Weissenberg, pianist
1979-1980
Murray Perahia, pianist
Clamma Dale, soprano
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Minoru Nojima, pianist
Shlomo Mintz, violinist
1980-1981
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
Malcolm Frager, pianist
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor (co-sponsorship)
1981-1982
James Morris, bass
Isaac Stern, violinist
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, and Emanuel Ax, pianist
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist
1982-1983
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Mirecourt Trio
Lynn Harrell, cellist
Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
Alicia De Larrocha, pianist
1983-1984
Eugenia Zuckerman, flutist
English Chamber Orchestra
Charles MacKennas, conductor, and Gido Kremer, guest
violinist
Sherril Milnes, baritone
Rudolf Serkin, pianist
1984-1985
Anthony and Joseph Paratore, duo pianists
Erie Mills, soprano
Viktoria Mullova, violinist
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist
1985-1986
Andre-Michel Schub, pianist
Oxana Yablonskaya, pianist
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Dresden Chamber Orchestra
1986-1987
Ken Noda, pianist
James Galway, flutist
Gary Lakes, tenor
Bella Davidovich, pianist, and Dmitry Sitkovetsky,
violinist
Summer 1987
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta
1987-1988
Israel Chamber Orchestra with Joseph Kalichstein,
pianist
Gil Shaham, violinist
Eugenia Zuckerman, flutist, and Andre-Michel Schub,
pianist
Benita Valente, soprano
1988-1989
Peter Serkin, pianist, and Young Uck Kim,
violinist
Vladimir Feltsman, pianist
Leona Mitchell, soprano
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
1989-1990
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Thomas Allen, baritone
Malcom Frager, pianist
Vladimir Spivakov, violinist
Emerson String Quartet
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1990-1991
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
Barry Douglas, pianist
James Morris, bass
Mall Haimovitz, cellist
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
1991-1992
André Watts, pianist
Jessye Norman, soprano
The Canadian Brass
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, and Emanuel Ax, pianist
1992-1993
Midori, violinist
Richard Goode, pianist
Beaux Arts Trio
Claude Frank, pianist
Jerry Hadley, tenor
1993-1994
Andres Diaz, cello
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Vladimir Feltsman, pianist
1994-1995
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, with Tokyo String
Quartet
Claude Frank, piano, and Pamela Frank, violinist
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
András Schiff, pianist
1995-1996
Joan Yarbrough & Robert Cowan, duo pianists
Frederica Von Stade, mezzo soprano
Gil Shaham, violinist
Awadagin Pratt, pianist
1996-1997
James Buswell, violinist, and Lee Luvisi,
pianist
Jennifer Larmore, soprano
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Juilliard String Quartet
1997-1998
Eldar Nebolsin, pianist
Carter Brey, cellist, and Christopher O'Riley,
pianist
New York Wind Soloists
Dwayne Croft, baritone, and Paul Groves, tenor
1998-1999
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra (presented with the Omaha
Symphony)
Corey Cerovsek, violinist, and Katja Cerovsek,
pianist
Moscow Conservatory Trio
Gary Lakes, tenor
Krystian Zimerman, pianist
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1999-2000
The Ying Quartet
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Midori, violinist
Hélène Grimaud, pianist
2000-2001
Emerson String Quartet
Frederic Chiu, pianist
András Schiff, pianist
Orli and Gil Shaham, pianist and violinist
2001-2002
André Watts, pianist
Randall Scarlata, baritone
American Brass Quintet
Fleisher-Jolley-Tree Trio
2002-2003
Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano
Guarneri String Quartet
Helene Grimaud, pianist, and Emmanuel Pahaud,
flutist
Lang Lang, pianist
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