Violins

Up-and-coming violin soloist Danae Papamattheou-Matschke teams up with her father, the internationally renowned pianist Uwe Matschke, and cellist Kerstin Feltz to take on two towering works of the 19th and 20th century chamber music repertoire: Brahms' Piano Trio No 1 and Shostakovich's Piano Trio No 2. The show at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) starts at 8.30 p.m.

A rare Stradivarius violin that belonged to a Russian-American virtuoso and was used in the "Wizard of Oz" soundtrack sold at auction in New York for $15.3 million, just below the record for such an instrument, according to auction house Tarisio.

Over September 27-29, Romania will participate in Cremona Mondomusica, the largest world fair of violins, where it will bring six stands and, for the first time, 12 luthiers, the head of the Romanian Luthiers Association, Claudiu Mare, told AGERPRES on Tuesday.

The Varna Summer Music Festival, in Bulgaria, has this week announced the appointment of Bulgarian-born Austrian violinist Mario Hossen as its new Artistic Director.

BELGRADE - The Radio and Television of Serbia Symphonic Orchestra, Russian conductor Alexander Chernushenko and violinist Sergey Dogadin will hold a concert at the Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade on March 12, the organiser, Belgrade Festival Centre, has stated.