Athens Concert Hall

The Ventus Ensemble and actor Argyris Xafis perform Jeff Scott's "Passion for Bach and Coltrane" at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday, April 23. Written for wind quintet, string quartet, jazz trio (piano, double bass, percussion) and orator, this work was inspired by the poetry of African-American poet A.B.

The Athens Concert Hall's annual Adagio Cycle begins with a recital by the imaginative Norwegian organist Bjorn Andor Drage, an artist with a remarkable discography ranging from classical to rock and avant-garde.

Acclaimed Greek-Russian conductor Teodor Currentzis will be leading MusicAeterna, the resident orchestra and choir of the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theater, in Verdi's "Requiem" at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday, April 16. Verdi composed this magnificent work for orchestra, double choir and four soloists in memory of the poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni.

Athens-born, Berlin-based harpist Sissi Rada presents an audiovisual live performance for harp, voice and electronics as a twisted homage to classical music and archetypes, using Tchaikovsky as her starting point.

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.

Ioanna Portolou and the Griffon Dance Company premiere their new choreography, "Elizabeth," at the Athens Concert Hall on April 4 to 6. Featuring dancers Ioanna Apostolou, Cecile Mikroutsikou, Yannis Nikolaidis and Elias Hadjigeorgiou, "Elizabeth" explores the anatomy of human psychology, drawing inspiration from the iconic Queen Elizabeth I. Shows start at 9 p.m.

Acclaimed Albanian cellist Renato Ripo and award-wining Russian pianist Philipp Kopachevsky join forces at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, April 3, for a tribute to the great Russian romantic, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with a program that includes extracts from "The Nutcracker" in a unique transcription for solo piano by renowned contemporary pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev.

The Athens Concert Hall presents Michel van der Aa's "Blank Out," a high-tech 3D spectacle that can only be viewed with special glasses. This chamber opera for soprano, baritone and choir centers on the dialogue between a man and his mother, the libretto being based upon the work and life of South African poet Ingrid Jonker.

College de France historian Patrick Boucheron will deliver a lecture titled "Between Ancient Greece and the Modern World," at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday, March 28. The lecture, which starts at 7 p.m., is organized in cooperation with the French Embassy and Institute in Athens, and will be in French with simultaneous translation into Greek.

Hailed as one of Europe's best tribute bands, with live appearances all over Europe and Asia, Not the Rolling Stones takes the stage at the Athens Concert Hall on Saturday, March 23, giving local fans of the legendary rock group a taste of the real thing. Tickets cost 15 euros and doors open at 10 p.m.