Haydn

Quatuor Ebene is a string quartet that can play the classics, from Haydn to Bartok, but can also transform into a jazz improvisation band when the mood strikes. The highly versatile French string quartet that came together in 1999 and has since won several prizes and the hearts of many fans around the world will perform at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) on November 16.

Taking place between June 1 and 17, the 51st Istanbul Music Festival will host over 60 artists, featuring the world's top orchestras and ensembles such as Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Tekfen Philharmonic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Camerata Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Borusan Quartet and soloists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Barbara Hannigan, Fazıl Say, Arabella

Brežice/Ljubljana – The internationally renowned festival of early music, Seviqc Brežice 2021, will span over four venues in Brežice, Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenska Bistrica, and Šmartno pri Litiji. It will feature a total of six concerts, kicking off at Brežice Castle on Saturday and coming to a close at the same venue on 23 August.

Acclaimed conductor George Petrou and the Camerata Orchestra's Armonia Atenea return to the Athens Concert Hall after their earlier tribute to Mozart with a concert dedicated to Haydn's grand symphonies: No. 92, known as the "Oxford" symphony, and No. 94, or the "Surprise" symphony. The performances will be streamed live from the venue starting at 8.30 p.m., free of charge, at megaron.gr.

Two respected Greek pianists, Vassilis Varvaresos and Alexia Mouza, will perform a recital as part of the Athens Concert Hall's online program on Wednesday, January 13. The pair will play Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Rachmaninov's Suite No 2, Opus 17, and Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" Fantasy for Two Pianos. The show is free to view and starts at 8.30 p.m., at megaron.gr.

The Underground Youth Orchestra will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a concert at the Pireos Street annex of the Benaki Museum on Saturday, February 15. The band was originally formed by a group of children who would get together for rehearsals in a basement. To date, they have performed more than 60 concerts all over Greece.

The 14th International Gümüşlük Classical Music Festival, organized in the western province of Muğla's resort town Bodrum, continued on Aug. 31 with a concert by young flutists at Toprak Ev.