Classical musicians

Grande dame of the piano Elisabeth Leonskaja performs sonatas by Franz Schubert, considered the ideal music for this formidable performer, at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, March 27. The recital starts at 8.30 p.m. Tickets cost 38 and 60 euros.

The Ottoman poet Fuzuli's "Water Eulogy" will be performed as an oratorio on March 19 at the Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall.

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.

With the Balkan situation so volatile, and public opinion so divided on issues relating to identity and self-determination, the word "nationalism" is getting a bad press.

The Campion School Music Department presents its annual staff concert on Friday, January 25, with proceeds going toward the victims of last summer's deadly fires in eastern Attica.