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]

  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. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ See article by Neos Kosmos