History - Past Highlights
Highlights of past festivals are so many it is impossible to mention them all, but the following is a brief list of just some of the thousands of international artists who have presented their work at the Adelaide Festival of Arts:
- London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Yehudi Menhuin and Hepzibah Menhuin
- Dame Judith Anderson in Euripides Medea
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Marlene Dietrich
- The Royal Shakespeare Company
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Sidney Nolan
- Merce Cunningham and Dance Company
- Spike Milligan
- Clive James
- Athol Fugard
- Prague Chamber Orchestra
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kabuki Theatre
- Cricot 2
- Phillipe Genty Company
- Bryn Terfel
- Peter Brook
- Pina Bausch
- Emio Greco / PC
- Berliner Ensemble
- Mizumachi
- Les Fura Del Baus
- Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
- Hotel Pro Forma
- Netherlands Opera
- Peter Greenaway
- Steve Berkhoff
- Batsheva Dance
- DV8
- Jordi Savall
- Vikram Seth
- Ballet Nacional de Espana
- Frankfurt Ballet
- The Whirling Dervishes
- Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
- Pat Metheny Trio
- The Forsythe Company
- David Byrne
