Festival Artists 2000-2010

(Listings are alphabetical by artist's first or group name)

A
Aboubacar Camara & Doundounba, guitar vocalist (Guinea)
Abram Wilson, trumpet/vocals (UK)
Academia Montis Regalis, baroque trio (Italy)
Adrian Iaies Trio, jazz (Argentina)
Akikazu Nakamura, shakuhachi bamboo flute (Japan)
Al Johnston, bass (Canada)
Alain Coulombe, bass (Canada)
Alcan String Quartet, (Canada)
Alexander Weimann, conductor/harpsichord (Canada)
Alexander Dobson, baritone (Canda)
Alexander Korsantia, piano (Canada)
Alexander Lingas, conductor (USA)
Allen Stiles, piano (Canada)
Allyson McHardy, soprano (Canada)
Alma Libre, flamenco guitar duo (Canada)
Alseny "Michel" Diallo, djembe (Canada)
Amanda Tosoff Trio, jazz (Canada)
Amarcord, male vocal sextet (Germany)
Amarillis, baroque duo (France)
Amir Koushkani, setar, tar (Canada)
André Lachance, bassist (Canada)
Andrew Dawes, violin (Canada)
Andrew Greenwood, baritone (Canada)
Andrew Litton, conductor (USA)
Andrew Mah, guitar (Canada)
Angus Kellett, harmonium (Canada)
Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Anne-Julie Caron, marimba (Canada)
Anne Robert, violin (Canada)
Anoushka Shankar, sitar (India)
Antonio Lysy, cello (Canada)
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet (Cuba)
B
Barbara Bonney, soprano (USA)
Barbara Dennerlein, jazz organist (Germany)v
BC Chamber Orchestra (Canada)
Benavides Quintet, world/jazz (Canada)
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor (Canada)
Benoit Boutet, tenor (Canada)
Bergmann Duo, piano (Canada)
Bernard Tétu conductor (France)
Bill Charlap Trio, jazz (USA)
Bill Richardson, narrator (Canada)
Birmingham Symphony Chorus (UK)
Bobby McFerrin, vocalist (USA)
Borealis String Quartet (Canada)
Brad Turner, trumpet (Canada)
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, conductor (Canada)
Brent Gubbels, bass (Canada)
Brett Polegato, baritone (Canada)
Bria Skonberg, vocalist/trumpet (Canada)
Brian McIntosh, baritone (Canada)
Brilliant Harmony, women’s choir (Japan)
Bruce Pullan, conductor (Canada)
Bruno Boterf, tenor (France)
Bud Shank, tenor sax (USA)
Bustan Abraham, roots ensemble (Israel)
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord (USA)
C
Camerata Trajectina, early music ensemble (Netherlands)
Camerata Vocale Freiburg, vocal ensemble (Germany)
Cameron Wilson, violin (Canada)
Campbell Ryga, alto sax (Canada)
Canada West Chamber Orchestra (Canada)
Capercaillie, roots ensemble (Scotland)
Cappella Romana, vocal ensemble (USA)
Caren Levine, piano (USA)
Caricias Cubanas, dance ensemble (Canada)
Carlo Ponti Jr., conductor (USA)
Carol Welsman, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Carol Wilson, soprano (USA)
Catherine Webster, soprano (USA)
CBC Radio Orchestra (Canada)
Celso Machado, guitar (Canada)
Chai Man Cheng, Chinese flute (Canada)
Charles Daniels, tenor (UK)
Charles Inkman, cello (Canada)
Chenoa Anderson, flute (Canada)
Chic Gamine, female vocal ensemble (Canada)
Chick Corea Trio, jazz (USA)
Chilliwack and District Pipe Band (Canada)
Choong-Mo Kong, piano (Korea)
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir (Canada)
Chris Gestrin Trio, jazz (Canada)
Christian McBride, bassist (USA)
Christina and Carsten Dahl, jazz duo (Denmark)
Christine Duncan, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Chuen Ying Chan, Chinese zither (Canada)
Clark Terry, trumpet (USA)
Classical Kids, theatre ensemble (USA)
Coco's Lunch, female a cappella quintet (Australia)
Colin Ainsworth, tenor (Canada)
Colin Balzer, tenor (Canada)
Colin Story, guitar (Canada)
Concerto Köln Chamber Orchestra (Germany)
Craig Scott, drums/vibraphone (Canada)
Craig Sheppard, piano (USA)
Cuartoelemento, world/jazz quartet (Argentina)
D
Damian Baez, piano (Argentina)
Daniel Binelli, bandoneón (Argentina)
Danish National Girls Choir (Denmark)
Darren Radtke, bass (Canada)
Darrett Zusko, piano (Canada)
David Adams, baritone (Canada)
David Essig, guitar (Canada)
David Fallis, conductor (Canada)
David Harding, viola (Canada)
David Venitucci, accordion (France)
Dawn Upshaw, soprano (USA)
Debi Wong, alto (Canada)
Dee Daniels, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Denis Bédard, organ (Canada)
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano (USA)
Desmond Hoebig, cello (USA)
Diane Loomer, conductor (Canada)
Dico Sylla, djembe (Canada)
Dirk Du Hei, conductor (Taiwan)
Donna Brown, soprano (Canada)
Dorothéa Ventura, soprano (Canada)
Doug de Vries, guitar (Australia)
Doug MacNaughton, baritone (Canada)
Douglas Cleveland, organ (USA)
Douglas Finch, piano (Canada-UK)
Duo Brazil, guitar/soprano (Canada)
Dylan van der Schyff, drums (Canada)
E
Early Music Vancouver's Baroque Festival Orchestra (Canada)
Egret Ladies Choir (Canada)
Elektra Women's Choir (Canada)
Eli Bennett, sax (Canada)
Eliana Cuevas Quintet, jazz (Venezuela)
Elizabeth Futral, soprano (USA)
Ellen Hargis, soprano (USA)
Elliot Polsky, drums (Canada)
Enrique Flores, guitar (Mexico)
Eric Cutler, tenor (USA)
Eric Hannan, conductor (Canada)
Erika Switzer, piano (Canada)
Ernán López-Nussa, jazz piano (Cuba)
Ernán López-Nussa Quintet, jazz (Cuba)
Ernst Simon Glaser, cello (Norway)
Etsko Tazaki, piano (Japan)
Evan Arntzen, clarinet (Canada)
Exaudi Chamber Choir (Cuba)
Ezequiel Dutil, bass (Argentina)
F
Fabiana Cozza, vocalist (Brazil)
Fernando Pérez, piano (Argentina)
Filippo Gambetta, accordion (Italy)
Finn Manniche, guitar (Canada)
Francis Colpron, recorders (Canada)
Franco Luciani, harmonica (Argentina)
Francois Houle, clarinet (Canada)
Francois Levesque, trombone (Canada)
Fred Stride, conductor (Canada)
Fred Stride Big Band, jazz (Canada)
Freider Bernius, conductor (Germany)
Freshwater Trio, classical ensemble (Australia)
Fretwork, viol consort (England)
G
Gaetan Laperriere, baritone (Canada)
Gamelan Gita Asmara, gamelan ensemble (Canada)
Grace Lee, kayagum (Korean zither) (Canada)
George Gao, erhu (Canada)
Glynis Leyshon, director (Canada)
Golden Pearl Ensemble (China)
Gong Myoung, percussion quartet (Korea)
Grupo de Canto Coral, choral ensemble (Argentina)
Guy St-Onge Trio, jazz (Canada)
Gwen Hoebig, violin (Canada)
Grace Chan, jazz vocalist (Canada)
Gregory Dahl, baritone (Canada)
Groove For Thought, vocal ensemble (USA)
H
Hadley J. Castille and the Sharecroppers Band, Cajun (USA)
Hak Won Yoon, conductor (Korea)
Hard Rubber Orchestra (Canada)
Harry van der Kamp, bass (Netherlands)
Heidi Breier, soprano (Canada)
Heidi Krutzen, harp (Canada)
Helge Lien Trio, jazz (Norway)
Helmuth Rilling, conductor (Germany)
Hervé Niquet, conductor (France)
Hong Kong Children's Choir (China)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, (China)
Hugh Fraser Quintet, jazz (Canada)
I
I Tromboni, classical trombone quintet (Canada)
Ian McDougall Quartet, jazz (Canada)
Ian Parker, piano (Canada)
Il Ricercar Continuo, early music trio (Italy)
Ingrid Chiang, bassoon (Canada)
Ingrid Jensen Quartet, jazz (USA)
Ingrid Matthews, violin (USA)
Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano (Norway)
Israel "Toto" Berriel, percussion (Canada)
J
Jabulani Marimba Ensemble (Canada)
Jack Duncan, percussion (Canada)
Jacky Terrasson Trio, jazz (France)
Jacques Boucher, organ (Canada)
Jacques Lacombe, conductor (Canada)
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord (Netherlands)
Jacques Thibaud String Trio (Germany)
James Gelfand, piano (Canada)
Jane Coop, piano (Canada)
Jane Glover, conductor (UK)
Jane Hayes, piano (Canada)
Jasper Wood, violin (Canada)
Jayme Stone Quintet, world music (Canada)
Jean Saulnier, piano (Canada)
Jean-Sebastien Allaire, tenor (Canada)
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano (France)
Jeanette Lindstrom Quintet, jazz (Sweden)
Jeff Ballard, drums (USA)
Jennifer Farrell, soprano (Canada)
Jennifer Lim, piano (Canada)
Jennifer Scott, jazz vocalist/piano (Canada)
Jesper Jorgensen, conductor (Denmark)
Jesse Cahill, drums (Canda)
Jill Townsend Big Band (Canada)
Jim Byrnes, vocalist (Canada)
Joani Taylor, vocalist (Canada)
Joanna MacGregor, piano (UK)
Jodi Proznick, bassist (Canada)
Joe Chindamo Quartet, jazz (Australia)
Joe Trio, classical/jazz (Canada)
Joël Suhubiette, conductor (France)
John Korsrud, trumpet (Canada)
John Mac Master, tenor (Canada)
John Oliver, guitar (Canada)
John Taylor Trio, jazz (UK)
Joji Hattori, violin (Japan)
Jon Washburn, conductor (Canada)
Jonathan Crow, violin (Canada)
Jonathan Darlington, conductor (UK)
Jonathan Quick, tenor (Canada)
Joseph Petric, concert accordion (Canada)
JouTou, world fusion ensemble (Canada)
Ju Percussion Group, (Taiwan)
Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
J. Y. Song, piano (USA)
K
Kaori Yamagami, cello (Canada)
Karen Lee-Morlang, piano (Canada)
Karen Ydenberg, soprano (Canada)
Katherine Chi, piano (Canada)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor (Canada)
Keishi Ito, conductor (Japan)
Keith Lockhart, conductor (USA)
Kékélé, Congolese Rumba (France)
Kico Gonzalez-Risso, theatrical director (Canada)
Kiko Ruiz, flamenco guitar (France)
Kiran Ahluwalia, vocalist (Canada)
Ko Matsushita, conductor (Japan)
Koto Ensemble of Greater Vancouver (Canada)
Kutapira, percussion ensemble (Canada)
L
Lafayette String Quartet (Canada)
LA Guitar Quartet (USA)
Lambroula Pappas, soprano (Canada)
Lars Kaario, conductor (Canada)
Laudate Singers, choral ensemble (Canada)
Laura Di Cicco, soprano (Canada)
Laura Pudwell, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor (USA)
Leave it to Diva, sopranos (Canada)
Lee Konitz, alto sax (USA)
Lee Pui Ming, piano (Canada)
Leipzig String Quartet (Germany)
Les Boréades de Montréal, Baroque ensemble (Canada)
Les Voix Baroques, Baroque ensemble (Canada)
Leslie Dala, conductor (Canada)
Leslie Uyeda, piano (Canada)
Les Eléments Chamber Choir (France)
Liam Teague, steel drum (Trinidad-Tobago)
Linda-Lee Thomas, piano (Canada)
Lori Pappajohn, celtic harp (Canada)
Lorna McGhee, flute (Canada)
Lou Mastroianni, piano (Canada)
Louis Lortie, piano (Canada)
Louise-Andree Baril, piano (Canada)
Lucille Chung, piano (Canada)
Ludus Modalis , vocal ensemble (France)
Lyon Chamber Choir (France)
M
Madrigaïa (Canada)
Marc Atkinson Trio, jazz (Canada)
Marc Atkinson, guitar (Canada)
Marc Destrubé, conductor and violin (Canada)
Marc Ducret, guitar (France)
Marc Hervieux, tenor (Canada)
Marc Molomot, tenor (USA)
Maria Felicia Perez, conductor (Cuba)
Marianne Fiset, soprano (Canada)
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, choreography & dance (Canada)
Marie-Danielle Parent, soprano (Canada)
Mario Bernardi, conductor (Canada)
Mark Pedrotti, baritone (Canada)
Martha Guth, soprano (Canada)
Martin Hackleman, French horn (USA)
Masabo Culture Company, African world music (Canada)
Masques Trio, early music trio (Canada)
Mats Nilsson, conductor (Sweden)
Matthew White, counter-tenor (Canada)
Matt Palmer, tenor (Canada)
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp (Canada)
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano (Canada)
Melanie Adams, alto (Canada)
Meredith Hall, soprano (Canada)
Michael Bojesen, conductor (Denmark)
Michael Colvin, tenor(Canada)
Michiel Schrey, tenor (Canada)
Miguelito Valdes, trumpet (Canada)
Miles Black Trio, jazz (Canada)
Miles Foxx Hill, bassist (Canada)
Miriam Smith, actor (Canada)
Molinari Quartet, string quartet (Canada)
Monique Jutras (Canada)
Montreal Guitar Trio (Canada)
Morna Edmundson, conductor (Canada)
Mortal Coil, theatre/dance ensemble (Canada)
musica intima, choral ensemble (Canada)
Myung-Wha Chung, cello (Korea)
N
Naby Camara, balafon (Canada)
Naida Cole, piano (Canada)
Naniwa Choraliers (Japan)
Nathalie Paulin, soprano (Canada)
Nathaniel Dett Chorale (Canada)
Nathaniel Watson, bass (USA)
National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Korea)
National Youth Orchestra of Canada (Canada)
Neil Swainson, bassist (Canada)
Nell Snaidas, soprano (USA)
Nestor Andrenacci, conductor (Argentina)
NiteCap Jazz Choir (Canada)
N'Nato Camara, dancer (Canada)
Normand Richard, bass (Canada)
North Shore Celtic Ensemble (Canada)
O
Orquesta Goma Dura, salsa orchestra (Canada)
Orchid Ensemble Oldenburg Chamber Choir (Germany)
Oliver Gannon, guitar (Canada)
Owen Underhill, conductor (Canada)
P
Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Canada)
Pascal Rollando, percussion (France)
Patricia Hutter, bassist (Canada)
Patricia Shih, violin (Canada)
Paul Agnew, tenor (Scotland)
Paul Elliott, tenor (England)
Paul O’Dette, lute (USA)
Paul Ouellette, tenor (Canada)
Paul Townsend, drums (Canada)
Pe De Cana, Brazilian chorinho trio (Canada)
Penderecki String Quartet (Canada)
Pepi Taveira, drums (Argentina)
Peter Tiefenbach, piano (Canada)
Phil Dwyer, sax (Canada)
Phil Woods, alto saxaphone (USA)
Philip Candelaria, guitar (Canada)
Philippe Cassard, piano (France)
Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor (France)
Philippine Madrigal Singers (Philippines)
Philomela, choral ensemble (Finland)
Phoebe MacRae, soprano (Canada)
Phoenix Chamber Choir (Canada)
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (USA)
Proyecto Sanluca, world/roots trio (Argentina)
Puri Percussion Ensemble (Korea)
Q
Qiu Xia He, pipa (Chinese lute) (Canada)
R
Rajaton, vocal ensemble (Finland)
Ramona Luengen, conductor (Canada)
Randall Jakobsh, bass (Canada)
Raphael Geronimo, percussion (Canada)
Raúl Carnota, vocalist and guitar (Argentina)
Ray Nurse, lute (Canada)
Realtime, male a cappella quartet (Canada/USA)
Rena Sharon, piano (Canada)
Renaud Garcia-Fons, bassist (France)
Renee Rosnes, piano (USA)
René Worst, bass (Canada) Rich Brown, bassist (Canada) 
Richard Margison, tenor (Canada)
Rick Scott, singer/musician (Canada)
Rita Costanzi, harp (Canada)
Rita Reichman, piano (Australia)
Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band (Canada)
Robert McDonald, bass (UK)
Robert Silverman, piano (Canada)
Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano (Canada)
Rod Murray , trombone (Canada)
Rodolfo Sanchez, percussion (Argentina)
Roger Cole, oboe (Canada)
Ron Johnston, piano (Canada)
Rose Consort, viol ensemble (UK)
Ross Taggart, tenor sax (Canada)
Ross Taggart Trio, jazz (Canada)
Rudy Petschauer, drums (USA)
Rupert Lang, conductor (Canada)
Russell Braun, baritone (Canada)
Russian National Orchestra (Russia)
Rythmo Synchro, percussion duo (Canada)
S
Sagye Kayagum Ensemble (Korea)
Sally Dibblee, soprano (Canada)
Salvador Ferreras, percussion (Canada)
Sandra Stringer, mezzo soprano (Canada)
Sara Davis Buechner, piano (Canada)
Sarah Fryer, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Saskia Giorgini, piano (Italy)
Satie String Quartet (France)
Seamus Blake, sax (Canada)
Seattle Men's Chorus (USA)
Seattle Pro Musica, choir (USA)
Sergei Saratovsky, piano (Canada)
SFU Pipe Band (Canada)
Shannon Mercer, soprano (Canada)
Sharon Minemoto, piano (Canada)
Similia, flute guitar duo (Canada)
Simon Halsey, conductor (UK)
Simon Preston, organist (UK)
Simona Colonna Trio, jazz (Italy)
Sincere Yip, conductor (China)
Smith Quartet (UK)
Soweto Kinch, alto sax (UK)
Spindel, world music duo (Norway)
St. Lawrence String Quartet (Canada)
Standing Wave Ensemble, new music quintet (Canada)
Stefan Engels, organ (Germany)
Steven Stubbs, lute (USA)
Stockholm Bach Choir (Sweden)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir (Germany)
Sumner Thompson, baritone (USA)
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano (Canada)
Sveinung Bjelland, piano (Norway)
Swingamajig Duo, jazz (Canada)
T
Taarka, folk ensemble (USA)
Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Taiwan)
Talisker Players Chamber Music, vocal/instrumental (Canada)
Tanga, salsa orchestra (Canada)
Teresa van der Hoeven, soprano (Canada)
Teri Dunn, soprano (Canada)
The Idea of North, jazz vocal group (Australia)
Thierry Escaich, organ (France)
Tickle Trunk Touring Circus (Canada)
Tilden Webb Trio, jazz (Canada)
Tokyo Ensemble (Japan)
Tom Keenlyside, sax (Canada)
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Estonia)
Touch of Brass Tentet, brass ensemble (Canada)
Trichy’s Trio, world music (Canada)
Trio Hochelaga, piano/violin/cello
Trío Trovarroco, early music trio (Cuba)
Trio Verlaine, harp/viola/flute (Canada)
Triumph Street Pipe Band (Canada)
Turning Point Ensemble, new music orchestra (Canada)
Tyler Duncan, bass (Canada)
Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, soprano (Canada)
Tragicomedia, early music ensemble (Germany)
Total Experience Gospel Choir (USA)
Tzong-Ching Ju, director (Taiwan)
U
Ute Lemper, vocalist (Germany)
V
Vancouver Bach Children's Chorus (Canada)
Vancouver Bach Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Cantata Singers (Canada)
Vancouver Chamber Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Children’s Choir (Canada)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Opera Chorus (Canada)
Vancouver Opera Orchestra (Canada)
VanDjango, jazz quartet (Canada)
Vern Griffiths, percussion (Canada)
Vicki St. Pierre, alto (Canada)
Vince Mai, trumpet (Canada)
Vocal Sampling, all-male a cappella ensemble (Cuba)
W
Wang Xin Xin, vocalist (Taiwan)
Wayne Marshall, conductor (UK)
Wendy Nielsen, soprano (Canada)
William Barton, didgeridoo (Australia)
Winter Harp, celtic ensemble (Canada) 
World Brass, brass ensemble (Germany)
World Vision Children’s Choir (Korea)
X
Xinxin Nanguan Ensemble, world music (Taiwan)
Y
Yamandu Costa, guitar (Brazil)
Yamandu Costa Trio, Brazilian jazz (Brazil)
Yamoussa Bangoura, kora, dancer (Canada)
Yannick-Muriel Noah, soprano (Canada)
Yegor Dyachkov, cello (Canada)
Yip’s Children’s Choir (Hong Kong)
Young Danish String Quartet (Denmark)
Z
Zakir Hussain, tabla (India)
Zapato Negro, Afro-Cuban jazz (Canada)