MUSIC

Music for Poetry Day | Athens | March 21
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The Athens Concert Hall celebrates World Poetry Day by inviting singer Manolis Mitsias and actress Karyofilia Karabeti to perform the magic that comes when the greatest poems are set to music by great composers.


Release Festival | Athens | June & July
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Exciting announcements have been coming in from the organizers of the Release Athens rock and metal festival, which is taking place this summer at Faliro Bay.

Florence & The Machine | Athens | July 2
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English indie rock sensation Florence Welch and her band, The Machine, are one of the hottest acts on the bill of this summer’s Ejekt Festival and tickets are already selling out fast.

Music students stage protest concert
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Students from art and music schools gathered on Friday noon at Syntagma Square in Athens for a protest concert over the failings that led to the train accident at Tempe, northern Greece. 


Roger Eno | Athens | April 1
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British ambient composer and musician Roger Eno is coming to Athens to perform in the massively successful St Paul’s Sessions concert series.

Digital Concert Hall | Athens | March 11
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Continuing its Digital Concert Hall series of live screenings from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Goethe Institute in Athens is showing the acclaimed orchestra under the baton of Emmanuelle Haim.

Piano Concerto | Athens | March 17
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Up-and-coming Bulgarian pianist Plamena Mangova and famed conductor Michel Tilkin join the Athens State Orchestra at the Athens Concert Hall.


James Taylor Quartet | Athens | March 25
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Jazz-funk legend James Taylor – one of the great British Hammond players – and his quartet, who have been selling out venues big and small all over the world for some three decades, are coming to Athens.

Imany | Athens | March 23
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Following her massively successful appearance at the Athens Concert Hall last year, Imany returns to the Greek capital.

Yoko Ono at 90
THE NEW YORK TIMES

At 90, Yoko Ono has outlasted her detractors, just as she more or less predicted she would in “Yes, I’m a Witch,” a defiant song she recorded in the 1970s.



Digital Concert Hall | Athens | February 18
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The Goethe Institute brings the Berlin Philharmonic to Athens by live link, giving classical music aficionados an opportunity to enjoy selected performances by the highly respected ensemble.


Poetry & Jazz | Athens | February 17
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Cuban musician, composer, producer and poet Yoel Soto teams up with Greek fellow poet and translator Klety Sotiriadou for a night of poetry and jazz at the Goulandris Museum.

Luz Casal | Athens | March 11 & 12
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The ever-popular Luz Casal, who made her name internationally as the muse of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, is coming to Athens’ Christmas Theater.