Central Conservatory of Music plays host to some 400 visiting artists/ensembles each year
| Paul Tortelier | Itzhak Perlman | Tan Dun |
| Salvatore Accardo | Luciano Pavarotti | YoYo Ma |
| Zubin Mehta | Elly Ameling | Fou Tsong |
| Placido Domingo | Mischa Maisky | George Crumb |
| Vladimir Ashkenazy | Charles Dutoit | Joseph Silverstein |
| Issac Stern | Krzysztof Penderecki | Isang Yun |
| Seiji Ozawa | John Corigliano | Jean-Pierre Rampal |
| Lord Yehudi Menuhin | Gidon Kremer | Beverley Sills |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter | Bernard Greenhouse |