Athens State Orchestra

Internationally acclaimed accordion and bandoneon virtuoso Richard Galliano will be on stage at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday, February 21.

The Athens Concert Hall will be hosting the Athens State Orchestra and Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire in a tribute to Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas on Friday, February 15, conducted by Stefanos Tsialis.

Stefanos Tsialis conducts the Athens State Orchestra accompanied by soprano Alexandra Steiner at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, January 18, in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, starting at 8.30 p.m. Tickets range from 10 to 25 euros.

The Athens State Orchestra joins forces with Canadian Brass - an award-winning ensemble renowned for its genre-bending versatility and joyous performances - for a special show at the Athens Concert Hall, which also features the Rosarte children's choir.

George Petrou conducts the Athens State Orchestra in a classical gala at the Athens Concert Hall on Sunday, December 30, with arias and duets from popular operas sung by soprano Vassia Alati and baritone Tassis Christoyannis, followed by Viennese waltzes and operettas by Strauss and Lehar. Tickets range from 16 to 60 euros and the show starts at 8.30 p.m.

The Athens State Orchestra performs the score penned by Danny Elfman for Tim Burton's iconic 1993 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which will be screened simultaneously with Greek supertitles, at the Athens Concert Hall on December 15 and 16. The show starts at 9 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday, and tickets cost 17, 22 and 27 euros.

Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and Greek baritone Dimitris Platanias join forces in a show at the Athens Concert Hall celebrating Giuseppe Verdi and the Verismo movement in opera, with emblematic arias and duets from the Italian composer's works. They will be accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra, conducted by Miltos Logiadis. The show starts at 8.30 p.m.

The string quartet of the Athens State Orchestra will be performing works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms in the stunning setting of the Acropolis Museum's Parthenon Gallery from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31. Admission to the event is free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.

Acropolis Museum, 15 Dionysiou Areopagitou, Acropolis, tel 210.900.0900

The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra joins forces with the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Friedemann Riehle for another grand show at the Herod Atticus Theater of classic rock numbers after last year's sold-out production.

Veteran German rock band the Scorpions performed to an audience of more than 40,000 people at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on Monday night, accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra. Self-professed Hellenophiles, the band's lead singer Klaus Meine at one point in the performance borrowed a Greek flag from a fan in the crowd and wrapped himself in it. [EPA]