Composers

Belgian composer Wim Mertens, a leading figure on the contemporary classical and avant-garde music scenes, will be on stage at the Vassiliko Theater in Thessaloniki and the Pallas Theater in Athens on October 21 and 22 respectively, with a program of pieces composed for films and plays, but also tracks from his latest album, "That Which Is Not." Mertens is best known for his ensemble compositio

After a successful collaboration with the Athens State Orchestra last year, dynamic Belgian conductor Michel Tilkin returns to the podium to conduct the acclaimed Greek ensemble at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, December 18.

The Bucharest National Opera (ONB) dedicates its shows this week to the Holocaust victims.

Belgian composer Wim Mertens, a leading figure on the contemporary classical and avant-garde music scenes, takes the stage at the Pallas Theater with a program of pieces composed for films and plays, but also tracks from his latest album, "That Which Is Not." Mertens is best known for his ensemble compositions, solo piano compositions and experimental works.

Argentinean pianist Jose Gallardo and German cellist Benedict Kloeckner will inaugurate the new season at the Parnassos Literary Society with a concert titled "Stay Tuned." The two soloists, who have been gaining widespread critical popularity in recent years, will perform selections of Mendelssohn, Chopin, Shostakovich and Piazzolla. The concert starts at 8.30 p.m.

The Baroque Art Festival is part of the Sofia Municipality's cultural events calendar.

For the thirteenth time, it gives classical music lovers the opportunity to hear original instruments performed by European virtuosos, works of past epochs left in the treasure trove of European musical heritage.

Very few of us can be present when history is made, when a new work makes such a deep impression that it is clear to everyone that a classic has been born. The world premiere of Dimitra Trypani's "Amiliti/The Silent One" in Paxos on September 9 was such an occasion, a defining moment in Greek, and international, music-drama.

With a career spanning five decades, much-loved Greek singer Yiannis Parios is scheduled to perform two concerts in Piraeus and Athens this month. This first will be at the Veakio Theater in Piraeus on Thursday, September 5, and the second at Theatro Petras in the northwestern Athens suburb of Petroupoli on Saturday, September 14.

Swiss ballet company Bejart Ballet Lausanne will take the stage at the Odeon of Herod Atticus for two memorable shows - "Seven Greek Dances" and "Bolero" by the late dancer-choreographer Maurice Bejart.

The Aegina International Music Festival is under way on this lovely Saronic island just 27 miles away from Athens. Organized by pianist Dora Bakopoulou, the festival includes performances by distinguished Greek and international artists from the world of classical music.