«The area of the conductors is a cycle where some countries comprise, while others remain outside. It’s like the Grand Prix. “An F1 driver has nothing to do in Greece”, Nick Michalakis said to ET.K. a couple of days after he was chosen to lead one of the greatest orchestras in the world, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. In the footsteps of Dimitri Mitropoulos and Odysseus Dimitriadis, the inspired Greek conductor comes to the podium of the major orchestras of the world, offering unique musical moments in the audience. O Nick Michalakis studied conducting of orchestra, composition and piano in Chicago. He kept studying in Graz, Austria and right after to the Royal Academy of Music in London with Onassis Foundation scholarship. His Cooperation with major orchestras began in 1994 when he conducted the «Philharmonia of London in two concerts in the Concert Hall in Athens. Since then he has performed with many orchestras in Greece and abroad.