Young Greek of the Week
Stavrina Koutsantonis is on the way to establishing herself as a female vocalist. She has enjoyed a live performing career for the past five years in which she has worked with many Greek musicians. Stavrina is also completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne.
Name
Stavrina Koutsantonis, 24.
Your greatest achievements
When I was chosen to be in Top Class for my VCE Theatre Studies and performing the last messenger in Sophocles’ Oedipus at the National Theatre.
How did you get to where you are now
I love singing and theatre. It motivates me to continually practice and strive to become better in perfecting my performances.
Your greatest challenge
My greatest challenge is juggling my studies, part-time work and singing.
Goal for the future
To sing with Haris Alexiou and Alkinoos Ioannidis.
Best moment of your life
When I sang with Glendi in the pre-show of the Arvanitaki concert.
One word that describes you the best
Determined.
Person you most admire and why
My mother because she was a woman of class.
Best thing about being Greek-Australian
Being bi-lingual and having the best of both worlds.
If I could say anything to the Greek community...
Be more active in supporting the Greek community and participate in community events.
Most embarrassing Greek moment
Whenever my Dad tries to be funny with waitresses - they don’t laugh.
Favourite place to go or hang out at
Giorgios in Armadale.
Song that I can’t get out of my head at the moment?
Gold-Spandau Ballet.
Favourite Greek food
Katsikaki lemonato sto fourno.
I can’t live without...
Music, family, friends and going to the gym.
If I was Kevin Rudd for a day I would...
Make public education and attending university free of charge.
Advertisement
- Turkey condemns NSW's genocide recognition
- Mykonos: Something to 'Crowe' about
- Greek community pays tribute to Hazel Hawke
- Recognising genocide
- Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating
- Angelopoulos' Greek drama
- Melbourne Heart signs Massimo Murdocca
- Greek men affected by crisis
- Greece honours Australian WWII veterans
- New rules for reverse mortgages
-
4
-
3
-
2
-
2
-
2
-
1
- 8 May 2013 | 13 Votes
- 3 May 2013 | 9 Votes
- 15 May 2013 | 9 Votes
- 8 May 2013 | 9 Votes
- 22 May 2013 | 8 Votes
- 13 May 2013 | 8 Votes
Advertisement
Advertisement
More from this Section
- Pontian Greeks remember
- Kapalos to host AHEPA awards
- Pansamian SA tour
- High Tea for Ark of the World
- The man with all the flowers
- Kastellorizians to award their best
- Battle of Crete Anniversary to be commemorated at Cenotaph
- Greek Australian women talk: how to make a succesful career?
- Constantinidis to give lecture at Melbourne Museum
- $30,000 grant for Greek community of Newcastle
-
Sooner or later, community indifference and the plurality of other options will place our language's existence within the National Curriculum in jeopardy
-
The FFA has been very cautious in selecting who will be part of the A-League, fearing soccer will become a race-driven game again
-
President of GOCMV Bill Papastergiadis sat down with German consul Michael Pearce SC
-
The party had consistently spent 30 per cent more than it earned over its time in power
-
The teams that started as underdogs beat the favourites at home on Wednesday, setting up an appetizing mini-league.
-
Jim Raptis says he owes the Australian Tax Office no money and will not be paying a $21 million tax bill.
-
The three day event includes lectures by Melbourne chefs, cooking classes and meet and greets with food critics
-
Brisbane Roar midfielder Ben Halloran could be off to Fortuna Dusseldorf
-
Greek Australian owned cosmetics company 'Kroma' is taking the Kardashians to court over naming their company 'Khroma'
-
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias is considering measures that could lead to far-right Golden Dawn being outlawed
-
Demure family matriarch gets respectful send-off
-
Essendon will be trying to make up for last week's abysmal loss to Brisbane
-
NSW is Australia's first state to recognise the genocides and hopes are that other states will follow
-
Golden Dawn's aspirations to open an Australian chapter will be the feature of this Tuesday's Dateline on SBS
-
Greeks know good coffee. This year's World Barista and Brewer Championships sees a tailored and very talented Greek team vie for the top gong.
-
Multicultural women are falling below the state average of Australian women screened for breast cancer
-
Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced a new government initiative, to apply from January 2014, that will offer 75,000 new jobs for young people
-
Senator claims Labor's asylum seeker policy is the reason for the government turning a blind eye to the Malaysian election result
Comments
Post new comment