Organ

The organ in the Christos Lambrakis Hall at the Athens Concert Hall resembles a building "a musical apartment complex," as soloist Ourania Gassiou describes it. At first, only a tiny light illuminated its four keyboards, while faint notes of Bach's "Passacaglia and Fugue" emerged from its massive pipes.

A group of scientists discovered a new organ in the human body while researching something entirely different

The organs of 17-year-old Melek Nur Özgener, who was shot in the head on New Year's Eve in Istanbul's Fatih district, have given life to six people in need of vital transplants.

"One of the leaders of this terrorist organization is being tried in The Hague," wrote Maria Zakharova, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, in an op-ed for the "Rasiyskaya Gazeta."

The Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) has invited one of the world's most respected organists to perform a special concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the installation of the instrument, by German organ-building firm Klais, in the venue's Christos Lambrakis theater.

The tech could eventually be used to grow organs for transplant

Koper – The Koper cathedral will inaugurate its new organ at Saturday’s mass, which is to be attended by Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia Jean-Marie Speich and President Borut Pahor. The organ, which came from the famous Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich, is the second largest in Slovenia and will sound in a concert for the first time in the country on Sunday.

Modified pig hearts can be transplanted in only a few years, says the surgeon who performed the first successful transplant 40 years ago in the UK.

Speaking on the 40th anniversary of his revolutionary surgery, Sir Terence English said that his former assistant from 1979 would try to replace a human kidney with a swine one later this year.

Saxophone virtuoso James Carter travels from Detroit to Athens for a set at the Greek capital's Half Note, where he will show the jazz-loving public the results of five decades of honing his craft and drawing inspiration from the greats. He is joined by Gerard Gibbs on the Hammond organ and Alex White on percussion. Shows start at 10.30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 9.30 p.m.

Tu?çe Albayrak, a 22-year-old Turkish student who was killed while defending two German girls from being harassed last year, now ?lives? in five different people through a series of organ transplants.