Niccolò Paganini

Acclaimed Italian violinist Francesca Dego will appear at the Athens Concert Hall on Monday, October 8, and perform a recital of Eugene Ysaye's Sonata No 2 in A minor, Alfred Schnittke's A Paganini for solo violin and selections from Niccolo Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Violin.

Turkish pianist İdil Biret's 75th birthday will be celebrated at a concert by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 3 in Ankara.

At the concert, to be conducted by Rengim Gökmen, Biret will play Rachmaninov's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43."

Japanese-American violinist Ryu Goto (photo) and the Athens State Orchestra led by Christoph Poppen will perform works by Mendelssohn, Paganini and Brahms at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, May 13. Prices for tickets range from 10 to 25 euros (5 euros reduced). Starts at 8.30 p.m. while an introductory talk for ticket-holders will take place at 7.45 p.m.

Bulgaria will be the only stop in the Eastern European tour of talented organist Cameron Carpenter. He will be performing at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia on June 14. Often called ''the Paganini of our century'' and ''the bad boy of the organ'', Carpenter is young, talented and reasonably eccentric.

A different and lesser-known form of “Musica Da Camera” (Chamber music) will be presented by famous guitarist Eleftheria Kotzia and the Athens String Quartet, tonight, Tuesday the 24th.

BELGRADE - Young talents of the world concert scene will deliver a performance on Thursday evening within the Second International Chamber Music Festival in the Guarnerius Fine Art Centre in Belgrade.

Violonist Alexandru Tomescu on Wednesday will be decorated with the Order of the Star of Italy, the Knight Class, for special merits in promoting the Italian culture.