Niki Vasilakis

Niki Vasilakis is an Australian violinist.[1] Together with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Vasilakis was nominated for the 2006 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album for the album Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel.[2]

Vasilakis featured in the 2007 film 4 playing Summer from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.[3] She presented the TV series Classical Destinations on SBS.[4] She was named Young South Australian of the Year in 2008 and the state's nominee for Young Australian of the Year.[5]

Vasilakis is of Greek heritage, and her family originates on the island of Ikaria.[6]

Discography

Niki Vasilakis

  • Sacred (2016) - Niki Vasilakis Violin

Niki Vasilakis, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing

  • Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel (2006) - ABC Classics

Trioz (Niki Vasilakis (violin), Emma Jane Murphy (cello) and Kathryn Selby (piano))

  • Live in Concert "Poeme"

References
  1. Burdon, Peter (26 April 2015), "Violinist Niki Vasilakis delights patrons at the latest Cocktail Concert at the Adelaide Festival Centre", The Advertiser
  2. McLean, Sandra (13 September 2006), "Urban hops as pop", Courier Mail
  3. Hall, Sandra (11 August 2007), "4", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. Lim, Annie (4 January 2017), "Acclaimed violinist plays language of God to reach the suffering", Eternity News
  5. "Niki Vasilakis". Australian of the Year Awards.
  6. See article by Neos Kosmos
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