Popular Greek singer Giannis Poulopoulos died late Sunday at the age of 79, it was reported on Monday.
Inspired by Ariel’s song in Shakespeare’s tragicomedy “The Tempest,” Greek world music act Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico present “Watersong,” a program of songs from different parts of the Mediterranean about the sea, the desert, life, death and magic.
The Athens State Orchestra pays tribute to Beethoven on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birth with a concert at the Herod Atticus Theater.
Conducted by Italy’s Pier Giorgio Morandi, the Greek National Opera Orchestra presents two opera galas at the Herod Atticus Theater on July 26 and 28.
Two years after the devastating July 23, 2018, wildfires in East Attica that claimed more than 100 lives, French-Canadian songwriter and pianist Alain Lefevre is releasing a song inspired by the tragedy.
After eight months away from the live music circuit and two months in lockdown, genre-mixing composer and multi-instrumentalist Theodore is set to appear at Gazarte’s newly designed roof stage, on Sunday, July 26.
A pioneer of the Greek electronic music scene, Lena Platonos teams up with local talent singers Savina Giannatou, Yiannis Palamidas and Routsi, as well as keyboardist Stergios Tsirliangos, for a show of career milestones.
State broadcaster ERT’s National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the multi-award-winning maestro George Petrou in his debut as new music director of the ensemble, presents a tribute gala to Beethoven.
Renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos opens the Epidaurus Festival with a program dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach in a concert that is hailed as a milestone in the festival’s history.
Tickets are now on sale for this month’s concert series at the Technopolis cultural center and due to restrictions on crowd numbers may sell out fast. The program of local talent starts on July 17 with a tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Respected veteran jazz trio Human Touch – David Lynch on sax, vocals and percussion, Yiotis Kiourtsoglou on electric bass and cajon, and Stavros Lantsias on piano and drums – will be performing a career-spanning set with original work and covers.
Twenty-six cities in Greece and 12 in other parts of Europe join forces in celebrating a completely different version of European Music Day this year, broadcasting shows live on the event’s online channels for 10 full hours.
Singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos goes live online from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Saturday, June 20, in an unplugged performance.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation presents the digital edition of its annual Summer Nostos Festival. Running June 21-28, the event features major international and local artists.
In its second edition, the Athens Music Week festival and conference presents a combination of digital and physical events exploring different genres of music from different parts of Europe.
Hundreds of Greeks danced and sang from their cars at a drive-in music concert, the first such event since the country banned mass gatherings to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Aubrey Drake Graham, the chart-topping Canadian rapper and songwriter, also known as Drake, refers to “fly[ing] out to Greece” during a live Instagram session previewing some new songs.
Swedish record label BIS launched what has been hailed as the most systematic and serious effort to showcase the oeuvre of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (1904-49) on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Prominent Greek soprano Jeannette Pilou, whose career included performances at international stages and the Greek National Opera, died on Monday at the age of 83, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.
Vocalist Alkistis Protopsalti sings to two people on a balcony in Athens, on Saturday. The popular folk and art house music performer went on a mini-bus tour through the Greek capital over the weekend, entertaining residents who are stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown. The bus also made stops at the capital’s hospitals that are assigned with treating Covid-19 patients, in an initiative hailed by Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Saturday as a "way to say thank you to all the people who are doing battle for us." In a post on Facebook, the mayor also urged Athenians to "open their windows" to the initiative and "stay positive." [Pantelis Saitas/ANA-MPA]