Nikos Skalkottas

The Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) has announced its upcoming journey to the US, where it will perform at New York's renowned Carnegie Hall this winter.

The Thessaloniki Concert Hall (tch.gr) presents Piandaemonium, an orchestra comprising six pianos and 12 players, who will be performing a selection of compositions by Greek and foreign greats, ranging from Nikos Skalkottas and John Cage to Sergei Prokofiev.

Swedish record label BIS launched what has been hailed as the most systematic and serious effort to showcase the oeuvre of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (1904-49) on the 50th anniversary of his death.

The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra will perform three fine works by representatives of the Second Viennese School accompanied by piano duo Beata Pincetic and Christos Sakellaridis at the Athens Concert Hall under the direction of Byron Fidetzis on Monday, November 18. The works to be performed on the night are Anton Webern's Passacaglia, Op.

European Music Day will be extra special this year as the popular institution celebrates its 20th anniversary. Here in Greece, 48 towns, cities and other locations will be hosting more than 400 artists from different parts of the world - from full orchestras to small ensembles, solo artists and DJs - at 270 venues, from June 21 to 23.

The Athens Concert Hall will be hosting the Athens State Orchestra and Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire in a tribute to Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas on Friday, February 15, conducted by Stefanos Tsialis.

Virtuoso violinist Giorgos Demertzis, acclaimed pianist Vassilis Varvaresos and the Athens Philharmonic, conducted by Byron Fidetzis, will perform two pieces by Nikos Skalkottas that had been thought lost up until about five years and which he first presented in Berlin in 1930: Suite for piano and small orchestra and his Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra.

It was April 1930 when Nikos Skalkottas presented two new pieces to an audience in Berlin, his Suite for piano and small orchestra and his Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra.

A two-day symposium paying tribute to the work of the Greek classical composer Nikos Skalkottas will take place at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29.

Violinist Giorgos Demertzis and pianist Vassilis Varvaresos perform works by Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, November 23. The concert is set to start at 8.30 p.m. Prior to the concert Demertzis will provide a brief introduction to the evening's program. Admission ranges from 10 to 15 euros (4 euros reduced).