Richard Strauss

People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain audience, the Salzburg Festival is on track to draw people from over 75 nations to opera, concerts and drama.

The second concert of the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra (IDSO) Denizbank Concert will take place tonight at Atatürk Cultural Center. South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon will perform works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, as well as the violin concerto of Jean Sibelius, the founder of Finnish symphonic music at the concert, to be conducted by Rengim Gökmen.

Piran – The 21st Tartini Festival will start in the seaside town of Piran tonight with a concert by I Solisti Veneti at Minorite Monastery dedicated to the 330th birth anniversary of the Piran-born composer Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770). Another highlight will be a performance by Italian violinist Fabio Biondi on Wednesday.

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.

Syros' historic Apollo Theater welcomes the International Festival of the Aegean for the annual event's 15th outing. Established in 2005 to bring together local and international choirs, classical symphony orchestras and opera singers, Peter Tiboris' heralded festival runs from July 14 to 26.

The Greek National Opera formally inaugurates its new home at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) with Richard Strauss's "Elektra," directed by Yiannis Kokkos and conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos, with Sabine Hogrefe in the title role, Agnes Baltsa as Clytemnestra, Gun-Brit Barkmin as Chrysothemis, Frank van Aken as Aegisthus and Dimitris Tiliakos as Orestis.

The Greek National Opera (GNO) launches its new era at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens with an ambitious work – Richard Strauss’ one-act opera Elektra [Electra] – as its first production premiering on the 15th of October 2017.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting the renowned Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and its legendary maestro, Zubin Mehta, on Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18. The ensemble will perform Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Schubert on September 17, with cellist Marcel Bergman and horn soloists James Madison Cox, Yoel Abadi, Michael Slatkin and Itamar Leshem.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting the Athens State Orchestra in works by Petros Petridis, Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss on Friday, May 6. The performance is part of the ensemble's "On the Threshold of the 20th Century" series. German cellist Gabriel Schwabe, viola soloist Paris Anastasiadis and the ERT Choir will be joining the orchestra on stage.

The Athens Concert Hall will screen a recorded broadcast of Richard Strauss's "Elektra" from the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Saturday, May 7. The opera is directed by French director Patrice Chereau and features Nina Stemme as Elektra, Waltraud Meier as Clytemnestra, Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis, Burkhard Ulrich as Aegisthus and Eric Owens as Orestes.