Natalia Gerakis is considered to be one of the most accomlished young flutists in Greece today. She is based in both Stuttgart and Athens and has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player at major halls and festivals throughout Germany and Greece. In addition, concerts and tours have brought her to numerous European and Mediterranean countries.

She was principal flutist at the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerannée (Marseille) and has also been a member of the scholarhip program of Germany's most important contemporary music ensembles, the Ensemble Modern Frankfurt. Subsequent engagements have included performances with the State Orchestra of Athens, the Popular Orchestra Mikis Theodorakis, the Wuerttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn and the State Opera Haus of Stuttgart (chamber theater). Natalia has also held the position of principal flute in the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.

As soloist she has performed works by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Arnold, Ginastera, Marquez with the Bosch Sinfonieorchester, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the Sinfonietta-Chamber Orchestra of  Chania/Crete and the Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Natalia Gerakis studied with Geneviève Amar and Vicens Prats at the Nadia & Lili Boulanger Conservatoire in Paris, from which she graduated with the "1er Prix de la Ville de Paris". She completed her post-graduated diploma as a member of the flute class of Prof. Jean-Claude Gérard at the State Music Academy in Stuttgart, Germany, supported by the Greek State Scholarhip Foundation as well as the Onassis Foundation.

In duo with the austrian harpist Ulrike Neubacher (Terra e Aria), Natalia Gerakis performs a wide repertory from the baroque to the avant-garde. With the composer and pianist Minas Borboudakis, she present the program "Hellas–from Ancient Myth to the Present Day", which includes improvisations on excerpts of ancient Greek music, works inspired by the Greek mythology, philosophy and tradition, as well as compositions by Minas for flute and piano.

Her work involving contemporary chamber music has been broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk. She has also recorded for the Greek Radio. A CD with music for flute and harp is released by Spektral Records/Germany.

She has been teaching at international flute classes in Greece, Germany, Holland and Luxembourg.

For Natalia Gerakis music is a path to emotional and spiritual advancement and communication.

** Natalia G. plays on a silver Muramatsu Flute with a 14K gold head joint by Mancke, GE