Sergei Prokofiev

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.

The Classical Ballet of Eastern Europe is bringing Sergei Prokofiev's all-time classic "Cinderella" to the stage of the Christmas Theater (ct.gr), for three shows in March (at 7 p.m. on Saturday and at 12 noon and 7 p.m. on Sunday). The family-friendly production is based on the choreography by Rostislav Zakharov, adapted by Sergey Bobrov.

World-renowned conductor Valery Gergiev and soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, together with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a charity concert in support of the initiative to build a new acoustic musical complex in Bulgaria.

Ballets de Monte-Carlo artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot strips Sergei Prokofiev's "Cinderella" down to its bare bones in a reading of the classic tale by Charles Perrault that treats the characters like real people rather than fairy-tale figures.

The Russian National Orchestra comes to Greece with a special autumnal program on Sunday, November 18, when the distinguished ensemble will be performing Camille Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, the prelude to Alexander Glazunov's "From the Middle Ages," and Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite.

The Transcription Ensemble - comprising Yiorgos Kandylidis on violin, cellist Christos Grimpas and Nikos Zafranas on piano - will perform works by Alexander Scriabin, Arthur Lourie, Paul Juon, Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich inspired by photographs of Russian avant-garde art from the Costakis Collection that will be shown during the concert. The show starts at 8.30 p.m.

The respected Kyklos Ensemble will perform works by Alexander Borodin, Sergei Rachmaninov and Sergei Prokofiev in a concert titled "A la Russe," at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, February 1. The show starts at 8.30 p.m. Tickets, which cost 10 to 15 euros (4 euros reduced), can be purchased at the concert hall, as well as at its box office (8 Omirou).

Bulgrian operatic soprano Sonya Yoncheva and violin virtuoso Vesko Eschkenazy are on track to get Grammy Awards in February, having been nominated in two classical music categories.

Xenia Tselinga (bayan), Despo Varoudaki (guitar/mandolin) and soprano Roxani Papadimitriou will perform works by Sergei Prokofiev that link Boris Pasternak with William Shakespeare, Federico Garcia Lorca with Friedrich Nietzsche and Edgar Allan Poe with Leo Tolstoy at St Paul's Anglican Church in Athens on Thursday, December 8. Starts at 8.30 p.m.

BELGRADE - No Borders Orchestra (NBO), a professional symphony orchestra composed of performers from ex-Yugoslavia, has released its first album dubbed "The Opening" for Universal /Deutsche Grammophon, a German classical record label.