Music

As the child of popular actor/musician Yiannis Zouganelis, Eleonora Zouganeli grew up in the limelight and made made her debut on the stage in 2004, in her 20s. She has since released seven albums and two singles, receiving a platinum and gold disc for her albums, "Come On" and "Exit 2," respectively.

Enduring Greek musicians Giorgos Katsaros and Mimis Plessas band together for a performance at the Papagou Garden Theater. Katsaros, a seasoned saxophonist, and Plessas, the respected pianist, will be joined on stage by Lena Alkaiou and Nikos Karagiaouris in a celebration of the two veterans' impressive careers. The concert begins at 9 p.m., and tickets start at 13 euros.

An annual jazz festival hosting musicians from across the world in Istanbul aims to bolster the recognition of Turkish singers globally, said festival director on July 12.

Ireland-to-Greece transplant Ross Daly has been conducting master classes out of a restored manor house in Crete for the past 17 years, bringing the sounds and musical styles of the Middle East, the Balkans, India and Central Asia to budding musicians, with the assistance of guest teachers.

Its lilts and grooves can feel like nostalgic rhythms from a bygone era, but jazz remains a thriving contemporary art form and its proponents still flock to New York hoping to catch a break.

Gathering Greece's best breakthrough hip-hop artists, the first-ever Drop Festival will feature a lineup aimed at underground music aficionados. Lyrical creativity and satisfying rhymes are sure to pump up audiences as rappers like Phi Beta Sigma and PaiFan take to the stage. The Drop Festival is the latest in many new rap festivals, celebrating Greece's young creatives.

A Turkish teenager cellist bagged first prize at international competitions in Austria and Ukraine.         

Kosovars and Albanians in general who cherish folklore, Albanian melodies and traditional music all admire the man who was born in Rugova e Hasit, about 50 km from Prizren, which is where he attended high school.

"My generation was raised in 'informational darkness' and we didn't have a lot of news while we were thirsty for knowledge," he recalls.

The critically acclaimed Plissken Festival, hailed for its line-up choices, returns to the Greek capital's Technopolis cultural center with 34 artists covering a wide range of contemporary music styles, from indie to soul-funk, electronica and synthwave pop.

Seattle-based grunge legends Alice in Chains headline the Release Athens Festival on Monday, June 24, where the setlist will include numbers that helped shape what was an exciting new genre in the 1990s as well as songs from their latest album, the critically acclaimed "Rainier Fog." The two other acts set to take the stage on the night both specialise in stoner rock: California's Fu Manchu and