legend - October 2006 Yo-Yo Ma - March 2006 Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano - October 2005 Directions in Music, featuring Herbie Hancock (piano), Michael Brecker (saxophone), and Roy Hargrove (trumpet) - March 2005 Clark Terry, Grammy winning jazz trumpet player - March 2004 Wynton Marsalis, Grammy winning jazz trumpet player - April 1995 Dee Dee Bridgewater, multiple Grammy winning jazz vocalist - December 2003 Maya Beiser, cellist - October 2003 (World Premiere The world to come) Kathleen Battle, noted soprano - 1989 Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor - October 1980 Kiri Te Kanawa, celebrated soprano - 1991 Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano - 1990 Ensembles St. Olaf Choir - February 2012, February 2020 China National Symphony Orchestra - February 2013 National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba - October 2013 Russian National Ballet Theatre - January 2011 Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra - April 2010 Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra - February 2010 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - March 2006 Russian National Ballet - January 2006 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - January 2006 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - December 2005 Munich Symphony Orchestra - October 2005 Chicago Symphony Orchestra - February 2005 Moscow State Radio Symphony - February 2004 Vienna Symphony Orchestra - November 2003 London Symphony Orchestra - May 2001 Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra - February 2001 Festivals The Krannert Center hosts the Ellnora Guitar Festival (formerly Wall to Wall Guitar Festival) every two years in September, beginning in 2005, which has featured artists such as Pat Metheny, Elliot Fisk, Andy Summers, Taj Mahal, Vernon Reid, Toubab Krewe, Campbell Brothers, The Romeros, Alex DeGrassi, Los Lobos, John McLaughlin, Jorma Kaukonen, and Buddy Guy. Additionally, Krannert has sponsored the Pygmalion Music Festival every September since 2006, which has brought indie rock artists such as Iron & Wine, The Books, David Bazan, Danielson, Andrew Bird, Yo La Tengo, and High Places to the traditionally jazz and classical-oriented venue. See also List of concert halls References Notes External links Ellnora The Guitar Festival (formerly Wall to Wall Guitar Festival) Buildings and structures of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Event venues established in 1969 Music venues in Illinois Concert halls in Illinois Theatres in Illinois University and college arts centers in the United States Tourist attractions in Champaign County, Illinois Buildings and structures in Urbana, Illinois