Dimitris Vasilakis

Rhodes – The International Jazz Festival returns to the island

For the third year, the island of the Knights will be flooded with jazz tunes, as part of the Rhodes & South Aegean International Jazz Festival, the great celebration that proves that music can only unite people. The initiator of this initiative and artistic director of the festival is Dimitris Vasilakis, an internationally renowned saxophonist, composer and educational researcher.

World Jazz | Athens | October 8-9

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is hosting two days of world jazz music concerts on Saturday, October 8, and Sunday, October 9. Taking part in the event are artists and ensembles including Savina Yannatou (photo) and Primavera en Salonico, Klezmer Yunan, the Takis Barberis Group and sax soloist David Lynch, as well as Dimitris Vasilakis and Nana Simopoulos.

Jazz band to entertain travelers to Athens’ International Airport on Friday

Hot grooves and burning jazz solos by Dimitri Vassilakis quartet are setting up the rhythm at the Athens International Airport.

Travellers and visitors to the airport on Friday will have the chance to enjoy saxophonist and jazz composer Dimitris Vasilakis, Dimitris Papadopoulos (trumpet), Yiannis Papadopoulos (keyboard) and Giorgos Kosteletos (drums)