Musicians

Renowned guitarist and living Chicago blues legend John Primer returns to the Half Note Jazz Club after 14 years for four exclusive performances. With two Grammy nominations and a rich legacy, Primer, born in Mississippi in 1945, is a respected propagator of authentic Chicago blues.

Beloved comedian Billy Crystal and pioneering rapper Queen Latifah are among the 46th crop of Kennedy Center honorees, one of the United States' most prestigious arts awards, the center announced on June 22.

The iconic Glastonbury Festival opened its doors on June 21, with a torrential downpour threatening to turn the famous site into a mudbath for the 200,000 music fans set to descend on a farm in southwest England to see acts including Arctic Monkeys, Guns N'Roses and Elton John.

Kicking off the summer program at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) is a screening of the revival of Franco Zeffirelli's version of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" as presented last year at the Verona Arena in Italy. With costumes by Anna Anni and sets by El Camborio, it stars the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and is conducted by Marco Armiliato.

While the fashion world braced for the celeb juggernaut of Pharrell Williams's first show in Paris on June 20, a young designer was making his own modest splash with a debut below his own home.

The legendary English rock band will be joining the lineup of this year's Rockwave Festival. Cited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest band, Deep Purple comprised one part of the "unholy trinity" of hard rock and metal music back in the 1970s, along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

This much-anticipated festival is known for bringing together up-and-coming artists with world-celebrated established acts, and this year's lineup only proves this further, as it includes the much-adored Florence + the Machine, as well as the Editors, Warpaint, Goatgirl and Royal Arch. Tickets are available exclusively at viva.gr. 

The iconoclastic Berlin-based pianist, composer and producer Nils Frahm will be performing at the Herod Atticus Theater as part of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival. Known for his captivating concerts, Frahm is renowned for his unconventionally compelling piano playing that has won him fans all over the world. Tickets are available on the Athens-Epidaurus Festival website, aefestival.gr.

The debut of multi-talented star Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton is the hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week as it kicks off tomorrow, seen as a significant moment in the evolution of the multi-billion-dollar industry.

An 18-year-old Turkish student from the western province of İzmir has won the International Mozart Piano Competition.

Nehir Özzengin, a young piano student from İzmir, won the first prize at the International Mozart Piano Competition in Serbia.