National Library of Greece

Yako Trio is a jazz band inspired by celebrated Greek musician and composer Yannis Constantinidis and his use of familiar Greek folk music melodies and rhythms.

Marking the centennial of diplomatic relations between Poland and Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center presents a concert by celebrated Polish jazz pianist, composer and producer Leszek Mozdzer, in cooperation with the Embassy of Poland in Athens.

Costumes are encouraged at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on the main day of the Greek Carnival, on Sunday, March 10, as the celebrations at the SNFCC will include live music, displays by dance professionals and DJ sets.

The first of Mozart's three operas, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, returns to the Greek National Opera in a new production at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

One in two Athenians, or 5.3 million people, visited the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center last year, based on a survey conducted by QED and presented by Kathimerini.
Visitors said they were attracted by the park and the various cultural and environmental activities.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) presents Italian jazz pioneer Nicola Conte, who will perform selections from his latest album, "Let Your Light Shine On," as well as selected work dating back to his breakout days in the early 1990s with the Fez collective and his debut album in 2000, "Bossa Per Due." The genre-mixing artist's show on Monday, February 25, starts at 8.30 p.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Athens's southern coast, which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the Stavros Niarchos Park, had to deal with a lot of opposition before it was built.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens has just inaugurated an exhibition of outdoor sculptures by artist George Zongolopoulos that have been brought together from both Greece and abroad.

The Greek National Opera presents a revival by Rory Fazan of a Royal Opera House production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," which was first staged in London on November 12, 1991. Directed by the legendary Elijah Moshinsky, that production was inspired by the art and architecture of Renaissance. For the revival, Fazan works with set designer Michael Yeargan and costume designer Peter J.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is hosting a rich program of free-of-charge events over the holiday period, ranging from games, sports and activities for kids to concerts by renowned music acts for adults.