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Portuguese singer Teresa Salgueiro will be on stage for the first time in Ankara. 

Best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 until 2007, Salgueiro also participated as lead actress in a feature film by Wim Wenders, "Lisbon Story."

Singer-songwriter Miranda Verouli and the Bossa Jazz Trio perform songs in five languages, including jazz standards, Brazilian and Latin hits, among others, at the Numismatic Museum Cafe in Athens on Thursday, December 29. The gig is set to start at 9 p.m. Admission is free but there is a minimum one-drink purchase requirement.

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso José Feliciano will take the stage at Zorlu PSM Center on Nov. 29.

Feliciano gained worldwide success in the 1960s when he covered the famous The Doors hit, "Light My Fire" in 1968, the same year in which he won two Grammy Awards.

Feliciano later combined flamenco, soft rock, pop and Latin to create a unique blend of sound.

The Nikolas Anadolis Trio will be taking the stage at the Half Note Jazz Club in Athens for a series of Tuesday night shows on October 18 and 25 and November 1. The ensemble comprises Nikolas Anadolis at the piano, Costas Constantinou on the double bass and Vassilis Podaras on drums. Performances start at 9.30 p.m. and admission ranges from 10 to 20 euros.

The new season at Salon İKSV will start with one of the most exciting concerts of the year, with Battles set to make the audience feel the energy of experimental rock on the opening day, Sept. 24.

A concert featuring Orquesta La 33 (popularly known as La 33), a Colombian salsa music band, will be held in August at EXPO 2016 in the southern resort of Antalya, Colombian Ambassador to Turkey Juan Alfredo Pinto has said.

According to Pinto, Columbia's La 33 is the best salsa orchestra in the southern hemisphere.

Having introduced Cuban culture to many people all around the world with Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, Lizt Alfonso is coming to Istanbul with his world-renowned dance company for İş Sanat's curtain closer on May 27. 

Famous US jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman and one of the world's best counter bassists, Heiri Känzig of Switzerland, will share the same stage in Istanbul on April 30, International Jazz Day. 

The duo will perform a repertoire from unforgettable songs from the world of jazz to new numbers on their recent joint album, "The Arrival." 

Serhat Hac?pa?al?o?lu will represent San Marino at the Eurovision, as the first Turk representing another country in the history of the competition Serhat Hac?pa?al?o?lu will make his mark as the first Turk to represent another country at the 
Eurovision Song Contest this year, fronting the challenge from mountainous microstate San Marino. 

Columbian singer-dancer Shakira turned 39 years old on Tuesday and celebrated with a makeup-free photo.

She was born in 1977 as Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll and she is the only child of her parents.

In the pretty image posted on her Instagram account, the Colombian beauty poses with no makeup and a big smile.