Dmitri Shostakovich

Battleship Potemkin | Athens | July 5

The Greek Festival is screening Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece "Battleship Potemkin" at the open-air Herods Atticus Theater on Wednesday, July 5, with live music from the Athens State Orchestra. Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11 accompany 65 minutes of breathtaking cinema under the baton of distinguished German conductor Jens Troester.

Transcription Ensemble | Athens | May 10

The Transcription Ensemble - comprising Yiorgos Kandylidis on violin, cellist Christos Grimpas and Nikos Zafranas on piano - will perform works by Alexander Scriabin, Arthur Lourie, Paul Juon, Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich inspired by photographs of Russian avant-garde art from the Costakis Collection that will be shown during the concert. The show starts at 8.30 p.m.

Munich Philharmonic Quartet | Athens | October 20

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting the Munich Philharmonic Quartet for an evening of chamber music on Thursday, October 20. The ensemble, which comprises Iason Keramidis (violin), Clement Courtin (violin), Konstantin Sellheim (viola) and Manuel von der Nahmer (cello), will perform works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Waterhouse. The concert starts at 8.30 p.m.

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