Tuesday 1 June – Tuesday 30 November: EXHIBITION – Cyprus and Italy in the Age Of Byzantium. An exhibition of icons, sacred lyrics and other examples of Byzantine art, at Byzantine Museum, Nicosia. Visiting hours: 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30pm (Monday to Friday) and 9am – 1pm (Saturday). Tel: 22430008, 22691290.

Tuesday 15 June – Sunday 29 August: ART EXHIBITION 35 years of Social Spanish Architecture at The Leventis Municipal Museum, Nicosia. Visiting hours: 10am – 4.30pm. (closed on Mondays). Tel; 22661475.

Wednesday 1 September 8.30pm: MUSICAL ENCOUNTER – Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra with International participation at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Programme: Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9.
Beethoven: Concerto, for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major (Triple Concerto) Op. 56. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration H. Gmür). Soloists: Victoria Mavromoustaki (violin) Petros Gospodinov (cello) Eser Őktem (piano). Artistic Director and Conductor: Ayis Ioannides.Tickets: €12 / €7, free entrance for students, soldiers and youth card holders. Tel: 22313010, 22463144. www.cyso.org.cy.

Friday 3 September 8.30pm: RUSHES PLUS contemporary dance with the Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company at Strovolos Municipal theatre, Nicosia. Tel: 22410181, 22208400.

Monday 6 September 8.30pm: MODERN CREATIVE JAZZ with the Takoushis and Karapatakis Quartet at Pallas Theatre, Nicosia. Tel: 22410181, 22208400.

Wednesday 8 September 8.30pm: OEDIPUS REX ancient Greek Drama with the Spyros Evangelatos Amphi –Theatre at Makarios III Amphitheatre (School for the Blind) Nicosia. Tel: 22410181, 22208400.

Thursday 9 September 8.30pm: EROICA with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Programme: Tasos Stylianou: Odyssey. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 (Eroica). Conductor: Spiros Pisinos. Tel: 22410181, 22208400. www.cyso.org.cy.

Friday 10 September: ESMERALDA with the Kremlin Ballet. Artistic Director: Andrei Petrov at  Makarios III Amphitheatre (School for the Blind) Nicosia. Tel: 25372855.

Monday 13 September 8.30pm: TREASURED ISLAND music concert with the Oxford Philomusica Orchestra at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Tel: 22410181, 22208400.

Friday 17 September 8.30pm: THE DARK ROAD ENSEMBLE CONCERT with Antoni Pargilly (violin) and  Petro Gosbondinov (violoncello), at Pallas Theatre, Paphos Gate, Nicosia. The programme includes works by Bach, Prokiovief, Bargilly, Halvorsen, Vitali, Metallica. Entrance: €12. Tel: 22410181.

Wednesday 22 September 8.30pm: FROM THE MUSICAL ROOTS OF CYPRUS musical endeavours with Evagoras Karagiorgis and the Jindichovy Mradic Orchestra of Prague at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Tel: 22410181, 22208400.

Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 September: A SCOOP OF NICOSIA photographic exhibition at Melina Merkouri Hall, Nicosia. Open: 10am – 1pm and 4pm – 7pm, Monday to Friday. Tel: 22889600.

Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 October 8.30pm: ALKINOOS IOANNIDES, WORKS FOR CHOIR and orchestra at Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Yiorgos Kaloudes – Cretan lyra, percussion, Linos Ioannides – narration, Alkinoos Ioannides – song, lute, guitar, double bass, flute, percussion, Orchestra Conductor: Yiorgos Kountouris, Lege Artis St. Petersburg’s Chamber Choir, chorus master Boris Abalyan. Tel: 22313010.

Tuesday 26 October: AUCTION of works by Cypriot and Greek artists held by Psatharis Auction House Ltd at The Hilton hotel, Nicosia. Tel: 24621109, 9956413. Email: info@psatharis-auctions.com.cy. www.psatharis-auctions.com.cy.