London Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most talked-about conductors of our time, Greek-American Karina Canellakis, will make her debut at the Athens Concert Hall (68 Vasilissis Sofias) on February 23, leading the London Philharmonic.

The Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), which reopened its doors in late October after comprehensive renovation work, has welcomed 100,000 people in just two weeks.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated Istanbul's landmark structure on Oct. 29, which marked the 98th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world's most renowned orchestras, took stage at the newly reopened Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) as part of the Beyoğlu Culture Festival organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry for the first time this year. The orchestra performed a special repertoire at the concert with its giant staff of 96 people.

The CSO Ada Ankara, where the Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) started hosting music lovers last year, has become the capital's cultural island and is preferred by world-renowned artists.

The Beyoğlu Cultural Road Festival will be held between Oct. 29 and Nov. 14. At a recent meeting held at Galataport, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said that the festival will be held twice a year in the spring and the fall seasons.

Tickets to the 25th edition of the George Enescu Music Festival go on sale today at noon, organisers announce in a press statement. Tickets will become available on www.eventim.ro and at a special point of sale to be set up at the Romanian Athenaeum.

The Bucharest-hosted George Enescu International Music Festival has been nominated for the first time for an International Opera Award 2020 to reflect the increasingly sustained promotion of opera in the festival's events.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra comes to the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday, December 13, with Sir Roger Norrington conducting a rare live performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, as well as his Leonore Overture. Turkish pianist Fazil Say will also be on stage on the night, performing Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No 2. The concert starts at 8.30 p.m. and tickets cost 22-80 euros.

?? Sanat will host an extraordinary violinist of his generation, Ray Chen, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the conductorship of highly-acclaimed German master conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach.