Greece

Corfu is the most musical island in Greece with hundreds of music associations and dozens of orchestras and bands. Even the way its natives speak is musical, as their speech often sounds like singing. Corfu is also the third most...

The Contemporary Musical Orchestra from Greece's Public Broadcaster ERT performed in the courtyard of Evangelismos Hospital in Athens on Monday evening as a gesture of gratitude for the hard work performed by the medical and paramedic staff of Greece's...

Following popular demand, an extra date has been added to the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra concert to take place at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens on Tuesday, June 26. This is the first time the historic orchestra is coming...

Greek audiences have a rare chance to admire performances by the Hangzhou Philharmonic, a rising Chinese orchestra. The orchestra performed on Monday evening at the Athens Concert Hall and will perform on Wednesday at the city port of Thessaloniki in...

The Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra (GTYO), of about 60 young musicians, celebrates its 10th anniversary by touring Greece in September. The orchestra, formed by equal number of Greek and Turkish members, will perform in four concerts in Rhodes, Crete, Athens and...

The celebrations for the 45th anniversary of the Greece-China Diplomatic Relations were in abundance as Chinese performing artists from the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra presented a concert at the Piraeus Municipal Theater in Piraeus, Greece on June 12, 2017. The orchestra...

Almost a year after its last appearance in Athens, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the city and the Athens Concert Hall for two concerts on September 17 and 18, opening the venue’s new artistic season for 2016-17. On the...

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man who is considered by French and Belgian authorities to be the mastermind of the Islamic State hits in Paris, was orchestrating a failed attack from Athens in January. An investigation on the 27-year-old terrorist that took...

The conductor of the local philharmonic orchestra of Chios Municipality, Greece, Stergios Neamonitakis, killed himself with a gun. The unfortunate incident took place yesterday. According to local police authorities, the victim, in an attempt to isolate himself from others, went...

The Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra will build bridges between the countries for one more year with two concerts at the Homerion Cultural Center of Chios Municipality (on July 30) and at Sigacik Castle in Seferihisar, Turkey (on July 31). “Turks and...

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, based in Amsterdam, will be visiting Greece as a part of its 2011 tour for two performances at Megaron Concert Hall in Athens on November 22 and 23. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has been voted the...

Mikis Theodorakis' orchestra will give a concert for the 86th birthday of the great Greek composer, on July 30th at 21.00 p.m. on Vrahati beach. Sofia Papazoglou, Katerina Papoutsaki and Panagiotis Petrakis will take part in the celebration, along with the traditional orchestra "Mikis Theodorakis". The event will be...

A fabulous cultural event took  place in the Athens Megaron Concert Hall by the Palestine Youth Orchestra (PYO).   The Palestine Youth Orchestra is the flagship orchestra of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. It was created in 2004 with the...

The Palestinian flag was raised over the Athens Concert Hall on Friday.  The raising of the flag is in preparation for a performance by the Palestine Youth Orchestra on Sunday. Greek President and Palestinian negotiator Nabil Sha'ath are expected to attend...

An initiative to create the largest mandolin orchestra in the world is being attempted by organizers in Iraklion, Crete.  According to its coordinators, in addition to the excitement of participating in the Guinness Book of World Records, this attempt also...