Natalie Rassoulis, the daughter of renowned songwriter Manolis Rassoulis, was born in London. At the age of two, her family relocated to Athens, Greece, and subsequently moved to the island of Crete, where she lived until she was seven. Growing up in a musical environment due to her father's influence, she began her formal music education at the National Conservatory at the age of eight, mastering the violin, classical guitar, and piano.
As she matured, Natalie developed a passion for classical singing and pursued studies in music composition for film and theater under the guidance of Dimitris Papadimitriou and Giorgos Boudouvis. Her versatility allowed her to explore a wide range of musical genres, including rock, metal, opera, and traditional Greek music. Notably, she contributed to four albums with the metal band "Septic Flesh" and two with the theatrical metal group "Chaostar," gaining recognition in the Greek metal scene and beyond, earning the titles "electric Callas" and "the new Lisa Gerard." In 1997, she was voted the best female metal singer in the world in a Japanese poll.
At 14, Natalie began performing at her father's concerts, receiving acclaim from various artists, including Akis Panou, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Haris Alexiou, Eleni Vitali, Ilias Andriopoulos, and Christos Nikolopoulos, among others. Her debut CD, "Agapa mas kai mi mas xairetas," was released with Virgin Records, featuring lyrics by Manolis Rassoulis and compositions from notable Greek musicians such as Sokratis Malamas, Petros Vagiopoulos, Nikos Xidakis, Giorgos Gavalas, and Charis Papadopoulos.
Natalie's contributions extended to her father's albums "Sellotape" and "Ti gireveis mes tin Kina Tsaki Tsan," as well as Giorgos Michas's CD "Adilos Topos." She also performed as a violinist and lyrical singer with the Symphonic Youth Orchestra of Athens (ASON) for eight years, immersing herself in classical masterpieces.
Continuing her work with Septic Flesh and Chaostar, Natalie garnered enthusiastic responses from audiences worldwide, performing at concerts and festivals across the USA, Great Britain, France, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Russia, Turkey, and the Nordic countries. In 1997, she was once again recognized in Japan as the best metal singer in the world.
In 2003, she shifted her focus towards classical music and Greek folk music. Concurrently, she worked at the Municipal Radio Station of Piraeus "Channel 1" for seven years, producing the show "A song is worth a thousand words." From 2009 to 2010, she co-hosted "It's All Greek to Me," a radio program with her father on the Greek National Broadcasting (ERT).
Natalie collaborated with composer Christos Antoniou on a project that won first prize in a BBC Composition Contest. A significant highlight of her career was her participation in a festival concert honoring influential Turkish filmmaker Yilmaz Guney, performing alongside prominent Turkish and Kurdish artists in Constantinople. She also contributed to a tribute for the Greek music genre "rempetiko" in Jerusalem, performing rebetiko songs with the Israeli band "Perach Adom."
A pivotal moment came when she was invited by esteemed Greek composer Nikos Mamagkakis to sing and record his songs. In July 2010, she performed at a concert celebrating Mikis Theodorakis's 85th birthday at Lycabetus Hill, recognizing one of Greece's most significant composers.
Following her father's passing on March 5, 2011, Natalie took on the responsibility of preserving his extensive body of work. She supervises the release of albums he had planned and has been involved in editing his autobiography. As part of this new chapter, she collaborated with prominent Greek singer Haris Alexiou on an album featuring newly composed music set to her father's unreleased lyrics, crafted by notable composers such as Christos Nikolopoulos, Petros Vagiopoulos, Vasso Allagianni, Orpheas Peridis, and Israeli songwriter Leon Y. Poliker. Natalie also contributed vocals alongside Haris Alexiou and is currently preparing to release a new CD featuring her own songs, both in lyrics and music.
