Athens Philharmonia Orchestra

A pioneer with a six-decade career marked by major milestones like founding the Velvet Underground and discovering the likes of the Stooges, Iggy Pop and Patti Smith, Welsh musician, composer and producer John Cale is performing at the Herod Atticus Theater as part of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr).

Paying tribute to French music, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Byron Fidetzis will be performing at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr), with Theodore Tzovanakis on piano.

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.

The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra will perform three fine works by representatives of the Second Viennese School accompanied by piano duo Beata Pincetic and Christos Sakellaridis at the Athens Concert Hall under the direction of Byron Fidetzis on Monday, November 18. The works to be performed on the night are Anton Webern's Passacaglia, Op.

The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Brian Kay, with Sarah Power (soprano), William Wallace (tenor) and Frederick Long (bass-baritone), perform Joseph Haydn's iconic oratorio "The Creation" 220 years after its first public performance at Vienna's old Burgtheater, at the Athens Concert Hall on Saturday, April 6.

After a successful show in Athens last October, local opera company Skull of Yorick Productions presents its staging of Puccini's classic "La Boheme" for one night only at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.

The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Nikos Tsouchlos, pays tribute to American-born Greek composer George Tsontakis, who will travel from New York to the Greek capital for the show.

The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra is performing at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street Annex on Sunday, September 16, in an open-air concert featuring two special guests: conductor Michalis Economou and clarinet soloist Spyros Mourikis. The show starts at 8.30 p.m. and admission costs 10 euros.

Benaki Museum, 138 Pireos, Tavros, tel 210.345.3111