Musicians

Marking the 100-year anniversary of Maria Callas' birth, the Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir, under the baton of Sebastiano Rolli, take the stage at the same theater where the celebrated Greek opera singer made her debut in 1941, performing a minor role in the operetta "Boccaccio," at the age of 17.

There are opera stars, and then there is Maria Callas.

Childhood drawings done by his son, a manga-style video by French multidisciplinary creative collective Sagans, a collage of global protests and movements inside the head of Yannis Markopoulos, five women from Africa dancing in slow motion: These are the images the celebrated Greek composer's songs evoked for photographer Christos Sarris, head of the creative department at the Onassis Cultural

One of the world's longest-running festivals kicked off in Mumbai Saturday for the Indian financial hub's biggest music extravaganza since the end of the pandemic. 

Lollapalooza's arrival in Mumbai is the first time the festival has been staged in Asia after branching out from its American origins in the past decade.

"Poetry & Jazz" is the title of the new concert series being organized by the B&E Goulandris Foundation Museum in Athens (info at goulandris.gr; tickets at viva.gr), which starts on Friday with local act We Real Cool.

Pop juggernaut Justin Bieber has sold his music publishing and recording catalog shares to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200 million, the company said ON Jan. 24, marking the industry's latest blockbuster rights deal.

The European Union is planning to hold a special event dedicated to the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Istanbul, a senior EU official has said.

Lisa Marie Presley, a singer, songwriter and the daughter of Elvis Presley, was remembered during a funeral service Sunday as a loving mother and an "old soul" who endured tragedy but persevered as a dedicated protector of her father's legacy as a rock 'n' roll pioneer and pop icon.

Slovenian artist July Jones is one of the five recipients of the Music Moves Europe Award, handed out at the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) festival in Groeningen, the Netherlands. The award, which comes with a €10,000 prize, is to support artists in their careers.

The list of previous winners includes artists such as Dua Lipa, Hozier and Stromae.

David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock's range, has died, his publicist said. He was 81.