The Chester Music Society Celebrity Section has enjoyed concert performances by many well known performers since its foundation in 1946. They are listed below by concert season.

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PerformerYear

Meera Maharaja and Dominic Degavino

2024/25

Mithras Piano Trio

2024/25

Frederico Paixao and Mark Rodgers

2023/24

A4 Brass Quartet

2023/24

Mathilde Milwidsky and Annie Yim

2023/24

The Original Panama Jazz Band

2023/24

Charles Owen

2023/24

Brodsky Quartet

2023/24

Sacconi String Quartet

2022/23

Martin Roscoe

2022/23

Leo Popplewell and Antonina Suhanova

2022/23

Goldscheider Ensemble

2022/23

Rossetti Ensemble

2022/23

Peter Edge and John Gough

2022/23

Antonina Suhanova

2021/22

The Hefin Duo

2021/22

Sam Haywood

2021/22

Craig Ogden

2021/22

Imogen Royce and Imma Setiadi

2021/22

Pleyel Ensemble

2021/22

Alkyona Quartet (virtual concert)

2020/21

Sophie Rosa and Ian Buckle (virtual concert)

2020/21

Mithras Trio (virtual concert)

2020/21

Imogen Royce and Imma Setiadi (virtual concert)

2020/21

Antonina Suhanova (virtual concert)

2020/21

Amy Roberts and Gamal Khamis (virtual concert)

2020/21

Alex Lomieko and  John Paul Ekins (virtual concert)

2020/21

Ben Goldscheider and Richard Uttley

2019/20

Jubilee String Quartet

2019/20

Elizabeth Karani and Edmund Whitehead

2019/20

Pentagon Brass

2019/20

Jennifer Pike and Jeremy Pike

2019/20

Piers Lane

2019/20

Wihan Quartet and Sacconi Quartet

2018/19

Claire Hammond

2018/19

Pixels Piano Trio

2018/19

The Original Panama Jazz Band

2018/19

Guy Johnston and Sam Haywood

2018/19

Jess Gillam and Zeynep Özsuca

2018/19

Charles Owen

2017/18

Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekishiva

2017/18

Matthew Scott and Daniel King-Smith

2017/18

Passacaglia

2017/18

The Heath String Quartet

2017/18

Fujita Piano Trio

2017/18

Escher String Quartet

2016/17

Alessandro Taverna

2016/17

Daniel Shelvey and Dylan Perez

2016/17

Aurora Ensemble

2016/17

Sarah-Jane Bradley and John Lenehan

2016/17

Odysseus Piano Trio

2016/17

Gould Piano Trio

2015/16

Pascal and Ami Rogé

2015/16

Jessie Ann Richardson and Simon Callaghan

2015/16

Fibonacci Sequence

2015/16

Antara Duo

2015/16

Vanbrugh Quartet

2015/16

Jubilee String Quartet

2014/15

Martin Roscoe

2014/15

The Bach Players (Quartet)

2014/15

Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake

2014/15

Jennifer Pike and Tom Poster

2014/15

Emma Johnson and Sarah-Jane Bradley

2013/14

Brodsky String Quartet

2013/14

Jonathan Dormand and Marisa Gupta

2013/14

Classic Rhythm

2013/14

Charles Owen

2013/14

Nash Ensemble (Horn Trio)

2013/14

Piatti String Quartet

2012/13

Daniel Broncano and James Sherlock

2012/13

Victoria Sayles and Martin Cousins

2012/13

Chaconne Brass Ensemble

2012/13

Galliard Wind Ensemble

2012/13

Ashley Wass

2012/13

Pei-Jee Ng and Chiao-Ying Chang

2011/12

Nestor Bayona Pifarre

2011/12

Red Priest

2011/12

Laura Lucas and Daniel Swain

2011/12

Atrium String Quartet

2011/12

Finzi Quartet

2010/11

Piers Lane

2010/11

Fujita Piano Trio

2010/11

The Original Panama Jazz Band

2010/11

William Oinn and Yshani Perinpanayagam

2010/11

Madeleine Mitchell and Andrew Ball

2010/11

Sitkovetsky Piano Trio

2009/10

Emma Johnson and John Lenehan

2009/10

The 18th Century Concert Orchestra

2009/10

Paul Watkins and Huw Watkins

2009/10

Martin Roscoe

2009/10

Dymtro Onyshenko

2008/09

Barbirolli Quartet

2008/09

Amy Dickson and Martin Cousin

2008/09

Jennifer Pike

2008/09

Manchester Camerata Ensemble

2008/09

Heath String Quartet

2007/08

Daniel de Borah

2007/08

Gemma Rosefield and Simon Lepper

2007/08

Savannah Jazz Band

2007/08

Fourtune

2007/08

Fujita Piano Trio

2007/08

Saconni String Quartet

2006/07

Musicke Companye

2006/07

Manchester Camerata Ensemble

2006/07

Llyr Williams

2006/07

Erard Trio

2006/07

Classic Rhythm

2006/07

Navarra String Quartet

2005/06

Nadia Wijzenbeek and Samantha Ward

2005/06

Fujita Piano Trio

2005/06

Esprit Trio

2005/06

Armonico Consort

2005/06

Adrian Brendel and Tim Horton

2005/06

Passacaglia Baroque Quartet

2004/05

Oboeworks

2004/05

McFarlane String Quartet

2004/05

Kandinsky Piano Trio

2004/05

Bobby Chen

2004/05

Alexandra Wood and Huw Watkin

2004/05

Zephyr Wind Ensemble

2003/04

Peter Donohoe

2003/04

London Mozart Trio

2003/04

Hannah Roberts and Simon Parkin

2003/04

Bronte String Quartet

2003/04

Adrian Wilson and Iain Farrington

2003/04

The Cambridge Scholars

2002/03

Tavec String Quartet

2002/03

Ron Abramski

2002/03

Nash Ensemble

2002/03

Dussek Piano Trio

2002/03

Camerata Brass Ensemble

2002/03

Sorrel String Quartet

2001/02

Red Campion

2001/02

Martin Roscoe

2001/02

Joy Farrall and Julius Drake

2001/02

Alexandra Wood and Huw Watkins

2001/02

Aeolian Duo

2001/02

Skampa Quartet

2000/01

Onyx Brass

2000/01

Melvyn Tan

2000/01

Liwei Qin and Gretel Dowdeswell

2000/01

Configure 8

2000/01

Camaeraderie

2000/01

Bassoon and Beyond

2000/01

Werethina String Quartet

1999/00

The Carnival Band

1999/00

Jenny Agutter and the Polmear/Ambache Duo

1999/00

Galliard Wind Ensemble and Murray McLachlan

1999/00

Daniel Bell and Hugh Watkin

1999/00

Artur Pizarro

1999/00

Zephyr Winds

1998/99

Tim Hugh and Yonty Solomon

1998/99

RNCM Opera Soloists

1998/99

Guaneri Trio Prague

1998/99

Coull Quartet

1998/99

Anthony Zerpa Falcon

1998/99

Vanbrugh Quartet

1997/98

Sheridan Trio

1997/98

Peter Katin

1997/98

Marat Bisengaliev and Graham Scott

1997/98

London Mozart Trio

1997/98

Dragonsfire

1997/98

Rebecca Gilliver and Paul James

1996/97

London Winds

1996/97

Guaneri Trio Prague

1996/97

Graham Scott

1996/97

Gabrielli String Quartet

1996/97

Folies Bergeres

1996/97

Sara Fulgoni and Steven Maughan

1995/96

Moura Lympany

1995/96

Leland Chen and John Lenehan

1995/96

Gemini

1995/96

Douglas Boyd and Susan Tomes

1995/96

Bridge String Quartet

1995/96

Tim Hugh and Yonty Solomon

1994/95

Skampa Quartet

1994/95

Mercury Jazz

1994/95

Kathryn Stott

1994/95

Haffner Wind Ensemble of London

1994/95

Emma Johnson and Gordon Back

1994/95

The Scholars

1993/94

Reeds United

1993/94

Philip Dukes and Simon Over

1993/94

New Budapest String Quartet

1993/94

Carlos Bonell Ensemble

1993/94

Bernard Roberts

1993/94

Rejouissance

1992/93

Paul Posnak

1992/93

Janacek Quartet

1992/93

Dussek Piano Trio

1992/93

Camerata Ensemble of Manchester

1992/93

Andrew Wilde

1992/93

Rapheal Sommer and Daniel Adni

1991/92

Northern Sinfonia Ensemble

1991/92

Fine Arts Brass Ensemble

1991/92

Cantico

1991/92

Arnaldo Cohen

1991/92

Allegri String Quartet

1991/92

Stamic Quartet of Prague

1990/91

Ronan O'Hora

1990/91

Manchester Camerata Wind Soloists

1990/91

Leland Chen and Julius Drake

1990/91

John Wilson and Keith Swallow

1990/91

Carolyn Hargreaves, Andrew Slater and Stewart Death

1990/91

Stephen Hough

1989/90

Stamford Ensemble

1989/90

Mattise Piano Quartet

1989/90

Landini Consort

1989/90

Arienski Ensemble

1989/90

Anglian Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble

1989/90

Songmakers Almanack

1988/89

Medici Quartet

1988/89

Malcolm Messiter and John Lenehan

1988/89

John Lill

1988/89

Goldberg Ensemble

1988/89

Caroline Dale and Keith Swallow

1988/89

Villiers Piano Quartet

1987/88

Martin Roscoe

1987/88

Keith Swallow

1987/88

Emma Johnson

1987/88

Chilingirian String Quartet

1987/88

Bronwen Naish and Helen Davies

1987/88

Alfreda Hodgson and Chris Balmer

1987/88

Wind Soloists of The Chamber Orchestra of Europe

1986/87

Stephen Hough

1986/87

Pascal Roge

1986/87

Musical Offering

1986/87

Manchester Boys' Choir

1986/87

London Brass

1986/87

Vanessa Williamson, Ruth Ellis and John Gough

1985/86

The Scholars

1985/86

Lorraine McAslan and Nigel Clayton

1985/86

Halle Wind Quintet and John Gough

1985/86

Gabrielli Quartet

1985/86

Christina Ortiz

1985/86

Soiree Musicale

1984/85

Robert Colley

1984/85

Nigel Kennedy and Peter Pettinger

1984/85

John Lill

1984/85

Jeux

1984/85

Goldberg Ensemble

1984/85

Sheila Armstrong, John Shirley Quirk and Roger Vignoles

1983/84

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

1983/84

Peter Donohoe

1983/84

Nash Ensemble

1983/84

Heinrich Schiff and Roger Vignoles

1983/84

Brodsky Quartet

1983/84

Vladimir Ashkenazy

1982/83

Pheonix Wind Quintet

1982/83

Penelope Walker and Paul Daniel

1982/83

Nicholas Cox and Malcolm Martineau

1982/83

Mayumi Fujikawa and Michael Roll

1982/83

Amadeus String Quartet

1982/83

The Light Blues

1981/82

Manchester Camerata and Peter Lawson

1981/82

Halle Orchestra

1981/82

Gabrielli Choir and Players

1981/82

English Saxophone Quartet

1981/82

Christian Blackshaw

1981/82

Allegri String Quartet

1981/82

The English Drawing Room

1980/81

Northern Chamber Orchestra

1980/81

Marie Leonhardt and Baroque Ensemble

1980/81

Cornucopia

1980/81

Andre Tchaikowsky

1980/81

Stan Tracey

1979/80

John Georgiadis and Anthony Peebles

1979/80

John Arran

1979/80

Gabrielli String Quartet

1979/80

Fou Ts'ong (indisposed)

1979/80

Raphael Wallfisch and Richard Markham

1978/79

Northern Chamber Orchestra Alan Stringer

1978/79

Imogen Cooper

1978/79

Camden Wind Quintet

1978/79

Academy of Ancient Music

1978/79

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

1977/78

Peter Pears and Osian Ellis

1977/78

Peter Bithell

1977/78

Linden Singers

1977/78

Jack Brymer and David Lloyd

1977/78

Chilingirian String Quartet and Jennifer Ward Clarke

1977/78

The Scholars

1976/77

Praetorius Consort

1976/77

Northern Chamber Orchestra

1976/77

Myung Whun Chung

1976/77

Humphrey Lyttleton

1976/77

Raimund Herinx and Keith Swallow

1975/76

Northern Brass Ensemble

1975/76

Keith Harvey and Meralyn Knight

1975/76

John Lill

1975/76

Chilingirian String Quartet

1975/76

Ruhan and Druri Saram

1974/75

King's Singers

1974/75

Eric Heidsiek

1974/75

Dennis Matthews and Brenda McDermott

1974/75

Delme Piano Quartet

1974/75

Richard Lewis and John Constable

1973/74

Nash Ensemble

1973/74

Joseph Cooper and Rodney Smith (cancelled)

1973/74

Gina Bachauer

1973/74

Allegri String Quartet

1973/74

Raphael Orozco

1972/73

King's Singers

1972/73

John and Susan Tunnell

1972/73

Gabrielli Ensemble (cancelled)

1972/73

Peter Wishart and Maureen Lahane

1971/72

John Lill

1971/72

Dennis Matthews

1971/72

Allegri String Quartet

1971/72

Ralph Holmes and Dennis Matthews

1970/71

Peter Katin

1970/71

Court Ensemble

1970/71

Amsterdam String Quartet

1970/71

Tunnell Piano Trio

1969/70

Robles Trio

1969/70

Moura Lympany

1969/70

Helen Watts and John Streets

1969/70

Martin Isepp

1968/69

Manoug Parikian and Michael Binns

1968/69

John Shirley Quirk

1968/69

Allegri String Quartet

1968/69

Sheila Armstrong, Thea King and Martin Isepp

1967/68

Raphael Orozco

1967/68

Amaryllis Fleming and Geoffrey Parsons

1967/68

Allegri String Quartet

1967/68

Venturi Wind Ensemble

1966/67

Opera For All

1966/67

Malcolm Binns

1966/67

Gabrielli String Quartet

1966/67

Baccolian Singers

1966/67

Yonty Solomon

1965/66

Opera For All

1965/66

John Shirley Quirk and Martin Isepp

1965/66

Anthony Hopkins

1965/66

Allegri String Quartet

1965/66

Stephen Bishop

1964/65

Melos Ensemble

1964/65

Maud Martin and John Street

1964/65

Liverpool Wind Ensemble

1964/65

Clare Walmsley, Laura Sar and Paul Hamburger

1964/65

Ralph Holmes and David Willson

1963/64

Opera For All

1963/64

Dennis Matthews

1963/64

Deller Consort

1963/64

Aeolian String Quartet

1963/64

Opera For All

1962/63

Manoug Parikian and Martin Isepp

1962/63

Jennifer Vyvyan and Paul Hamburger

1962/63

Court Ensemble

1962/63

Andre Tchaikowsky

1962/63

Allegri String Quartet

1962/63

Royal Manchester College of Music

1961/62

Orchestral

1961/62

Opera For All

1961/62

Ilse Wolfe and Martin Isepp

1961/62

Fou Ts'ong

1961/62

Allegri String Quartet

1961/62

Opera For All

1960/61

Marta Eitler and Frans Zubal

1960/61

John Ogden

1960/61

Joan Hammond and Ivor Newton

1960/61

Budapest Trio

1960/61

Alan Schiller

1960/61

Shulamith Shafir

1959/60

Robert Masters, Muriel Taylor and Ross Pratt

1959/60

Osian Ellis and Beryl Kimber

1959/60

Orchestral

1959/60

Court Ensemble

1959/60

Arts Council Opera Group

1959/60

Jean Allister and Edgar Fleet

1958/59

Gervaise de Peyer and Cyril Preedy

1958/59

David Martin and Iris Loveridge

1958/59

Choral and Orchestral

1958/59

Arts Council Opera Group

1958/59

Anthony Hopkins

1958/59

Ralph Holmes and John Street

1957/58

Orchestral with Elizabethan Singers

1957/58

Livia Rev

1957/58

Evelyn Rothwell, Archie Camden and Wilfred Parry

1957/58

Elsie Morrison and Ronald Smith

1957/58

Arts Council Opera Group

1957/58

New English Orchestra with Leonard Rafter

1956/57

Interrupted Serenade

1956/57

Albey Simon

1956/57

Tom Jenkins, Michelle Croll and Gerald Clover

1955/56

Rubbra Pleeth and Gruenberg

1955/56

June Mills and James Maddocks

1955/56

Dennis Matthews

1955/56

Constance Shacklock

1955/56

Choral and Orchestral with Gordon Clinton

1955/56

BBC Northern Singers

1955/56

West Country Quintet

1954/55

Orchestral

1954/55

Michael Head

1954/55

Gerald Moore

1954/55

Florence Hooton and Ross Platt

1954/55

Colin Horsley

1954/55

Thorun Trygyvason and Robert Breeze

1953/54

Phyllis Sellick

1953/54

Philip Hattey with Music Society Choir

1953/54

New English Orchestral Ensemble

1953/54

Gerald Moore

1953/54

Orchestral

1952/53

Nina Milkina

1952/53

Marta Eitler and Viola Tunnard

1952/53

Carter String Quartet

1952/53

Alfred Deller and Desmond Dupre

1952/53

William Herbert

1951/52

Meirowski

1951/52

Laurence Turner String Quartet with Pat Ryan

1951/52

Kendall Taylor

1951/52

Choral and Orchestral

1951/52

Pirani Trio

1950/51

Nina Milkina, Paul Tortelier and Ernest Lush

1950/51

Jean Pougnet and Wilfred Parry

1950/51

Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick

1950/51

Choral and Orchestral Christmas Concert

1950/51

Paul Tortelier and Ernest Lush

1949/50

Nina Milkina

1949/50

Nancy Evans and Dr J.E.Wallace

1949/50

Choral and Orchestral

1949/50

Amadeus String Quartet

1949/50

Alan Loveday and Peggy Gray

1949/50

Rubbra Brain and Pleeth (Trio)

1948/49

Max Rostal and John Wills

1948/49

Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr

1948/49

Iris Loveridge

1948/49

Alan Loveday (Choral and Orchestral)

1948/49

William Pleeth and Margaret Good

1947/48

Thomas Matthews and Esther Raff

1947/48

Griller String Quartet

1947/48

Dennis Matthews

1947/48

Bruce Flegg and Norman Franklin

1947/48

Shulamith Shafir, Kathleen Ferrier and Mantle Child

1946/47

Pauline Juler, Helen Just and Mantle Child

1946/47

Nancy Evans and Hubert Greenslade

1946/47

Max Rostal and John Wills

1946/47

John Francis, Kathleen Moorhouse and Maurice Jaecobson

1946/47

Hirsch String Quartet

1946/47

Edgar Knight, Mary Linde and Eric Greene

1946/47

Moura Lympany

1946

Keith Faulkner and Ernest Lush

1946

Ida Haendel

1946