Leonidas Kavakos

A century after the birth of Leonid Kogan, one of the greatest violinists of all time, three renowned violinists Leonidas Kavakos, Viktoria Mullova and Augustin Hadelich will come together to pay tribute to his legacy. Accompanied by the Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra, they will perform three concerts at the Thessaloniki Music Hall from October 1 to 6. Tickets start from 15 euros at more.com. 

The Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr) presents a spectacular show featuring three legends of classical music: The superstar classical trio of Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma will perform on the stage of the Herodes Atticus Odeon (Dionysiou Aeropagitou) next to the Acropolis this summer. Each of these remarkable musicians is renowned for their virtuosity.

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.

Saturday is your last chance to catch the streamed version of violinist Leonidas Kavakos' stunning solo performance at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus last July.

In what was one of the undisputed highlights of last year's albeit limited cultural calendar, the acclaimed Greek violinist paid tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach.

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra joins forces with acclaimed violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos for a performance at the open-air Herod Atticus Theater on Saturday, June 22. Founded in 1900, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra has collaborated with celebrated maestros including Wilhelm Furtwangler, Herbert von Karajan, Georges Pretre and Vladimir Fedoseyev.

Acclaimed Greek conductor and violinist Leonidas Kavakos is lending his significant talents to his erstwhile ensemble, the Athens State Orchestra, for a mini-tour of Greece. The tour starts at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, March 8, with a program comprising Mozart's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 3 and Brahms' First Symphony.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos will be taking up the baton to conduct the Athens State Orchestra (KOA) in works by Bach and Bruckner at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on Sunday, May 13. The ensemble will be joined by members of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall Youth Symphony and the KOA Academy for Young Musicians. Ticket prices range from 12 to 45 euros.

You could be forgiven for thinking that a typical night out in Athens involves, more or less, a dive into the delectable local cuisine, copious wine consumption, and impromptu merriment. This, after all, has been part of the benign stereotype for a while, one that is periodically rekindled as is the case with every cultural stereotype on this planet.

Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos leads the 5th International Violin Masterclass & Chamber Music Workshop at the Musical Horizons Conservatory in Athens from May 6 to 8. The event is open to students from around the world and features open-to-the-public performances. For more on scheduled events, go to www.wmo.gr. Performances start at 11 a.m.

By Maria Katsounaki

On May 1, center stage was not taken by politics but by culture, as more than 650 million viewers around the world tuned into the annual European Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and featuring Greece?s Leonidas Kavakos on the violin, from the Athens Concert Hall.