Performance history by decade · 1970s 

During our time as the Portland Music Commission, the Portland Concert Association, PCA Great Performances, and Portland Ovations, we have brought many of history’s greatest performing artists to Maine. In this section, we have compiled a list, believed complete, of each season’s artist roster. Use the links below to navigate the list by decade.

  • 1969–70

    • NDR Symphony of Hamburg
      Hans Wallat, conductor
    • Phyllis Curtin & The Romeros
    • First Chamber Dance Company of New York
    • André Watts

  • 1970–71

    • An Entertainment for Elizabeth
    • David Bar-Illan
    • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
      Donald Johanos, conductor

  • 1971–72

    • Malcolm Frager
    • Chamber Orchestra of Paris
      Paul Kuentz, conductor
    • Itzhak Perlman
    • Marilyn Horne

  • 1972–73

    • Cincinnati Symphony
      Erich Kunzel, conductor
      Dino Ciani, piano
    • Ferrante & Teicher
    • Marcel Marceau
    • New England Conservatory Chorus

  • 1973–74

    • Boston Symphony Orchestra,
      Seiji Ozawa, conductor & Joseph Silverstein, violin
    • James McCracken & Sandra Warfield
    • Peter Nero
    • Samuel Lipman

  • 1974–75

    • Rudolf Serkin
    • Warsaw National Orchestra
      Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor
    • Arthur Whittemore & Jack Low
    • Bernice Bramson

  • 1975–76

    • The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra
      Jean Martinon, conductor
    • Alicia De Larrocha
    • Branko Krsmanovich Chorus
    • Lynn Harrell

  • 1976–77

    • The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan
    • Barbara Hendricks
    • Lili Kraus
    • Osipov Balalaika Orchestra with
      Stars of the Bolshoi Opera & Ballet

  • 1977–78

    • Boston Symphony Orchestra
      Seiji Ozawa, conductor
    • Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    • Beaux Arts Trio
    • Paul Schenly
    • Isaac Stern

  • 1978–79

    • National Choir of Isreal-Rinat
    • James Galway & The New Irish Chamber Orchestra
    • Donald Gramm
    • Vladimir Ashkenazy
    • Tokyo String Quartet