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
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Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Sebastian Lang-Lessing) |
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4 The Soundtrack (with Sayaka Shoji, Cho-Liang Lin & Pekka Kuusisto) |
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Sacred |
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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. |
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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.