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[edit]

Albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Sebastian Lang-Lessing)	Released: 2006 Format: CD Label: ABC Classics
4 The Soundtrack (with Sayaka Shoji, Cho-Liang Lin & Pekka Kuusisto)	Released: 2007 Format: CD Label: ABC Classics (442 9963)
Sacred	Released: August 2016 Format: Digital Label: Niki Vasilakis Violin

Awards and nominations[edit]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2006	Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Sebastian Lang-Lessing)	Best Classical Album	Nominated	^[7]

References[edit]

^ Burdon, Peter (26 April 2015), "Violinist Niki Vasilakis delights patrons at the latest Cocktail Concert at the Adelaide Festival Centre", The Advertiser
^ McLean, Sandra (13 September 2006), "Urban hops as pop", Courier Mail
^ Hall, Sandra (11 August 2007), "4", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ Lim, Annie (4 January 2017), "Acclaimed violinist plays language of God to reach the suffering", Eternity News
^ "Niki Vasilakis". Australian of the Year Awards. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
^ See article by Neos Kosmos
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

External links[edit]

Niki Vasilakis

[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

[ARIAClassical-7] ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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