Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman and Norwegian conductor Terje Mikkelsen join the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra at the northern port city's concert hall (tch.gr) on April 20. The Soviet-born Israeli-American soloist will be performing Schumann's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

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 Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra performs a tribute to Richard Strauss (1864-1949) with a concert of the German composer's Serenade for 13 Winds, Duet-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon, Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. The ensemble is conducted by Dimitris Botinis, with Spyros Mourikis on clarinet and Alexandros Oikonomou on bassoon.

The Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miltos Logiadis and with Konstantinos Destounis on piano and Alexej Gerassimez on percussion, presents John Psathas' award-winning "View from Olympus." Widely considered one of the three most important living composers of the Greek diaspora, Psathas was born and lives in New Zealand, where he has achieved a level of international success u

The Sani Festival, featuring exclusive appearances by artists from the international music scene as well as exceptional Greek musicians, draws to a close at Sani Hill in Halkidiki on Saturday, August 18, with a musical tribute to cinema soundtracks which have left a lasting mark.

The Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra gives its first Athens performance under its new artistic director and principal conductor Zoi Tsokanou, joined by accomplished German cellist Daniel Muller-Schott. The play list at the Herod Atticus Theater will include Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor and Shostakovich's uplifting Symphony No 5. The concert starts at 9 p.m.

Due to the unsettled weather, the location of the John Williams tribute concert by the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and the National Theater of Northern Greece, part of the 2nd International Forest Festival, has been moved from the Forest Theater to an indoor venue.

The Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed pianist Vassilis Varvaresos join forces at the open-air Herod Atticus Theater on Saturday, June 17, to perform Yiannis Konstantinidis's Dodecanese Suite No 1, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64. The concert begins at 9 p.m.

The curtain rose on the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 6, 2015 at the packed Olympion theatre. The ceremony, presented by actor Antinoos Albanis and directed by Panagiotis Evangelidis, was followed by the screening of Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria.