Nino Rota

Hollywood star Andy Garcia was pleasantly surprised during a walk near the National Theater in downtown Sofia - a street musician who regularly plays the popular song "Parla piu piano" (from Italian "Speak Quietly") from the film trilogy "The Godfather".

Internationally acclaimed accordion and bandoneon virtuoso Richard Galliano will be on stage at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday, February 21.

Respected Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis is on tour this summer presenting a program of ballads from the likes of Lucio Dalla, Astor Piazzolla, Nino Rota, Nicola Piovani, Jose Maria Cano and Manos Hadjidakis, as well as contemporary Greek composers Lina Nikolakopoulou and Aris Davarakis. On Tuesday, July 24, he will be making a stop at the open-air Veakeio Theater in Piraeus.

Tickets are almost sold out months prior to the screening of the classic movie The Godfather accompanied by the live music performance of the symphonic orchestra to the Bulgarian Nation Radio.

The Symphonic Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) has accepted the invitation to accompany the screening of The Godfather (1972) on November 7 in the National palace of Culture in Sofia.

Over 60 musicians will play at the new re-mastered HD version boradcast of Francis Ford Coppola's legendary movie.