Vili Music

Vili V's Fact Sheet

...exceptional entertainer... at the level of the highest quality.
– Golden Canadian Productions

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Resume

1996 – Placed first in the Collingwood Elvis Tribute Championship
1996 – Top 10 finish at the YTV Achievement Awards
1999 – Toured Slovenia, New York, British Columbia, Tennessee and Quebec
2000 – Graduated from Mohawk College's Applied Music Program
2003 – Released debut album Indigo Blue on Sextant Records/EMI Music
2005 – Released third album Shadow of Your Smile
2005 – original music featured in film that screened at The New York International Independent Film Festival, The Las Vegas World Independent Film Festival and Cannes International Film Festival, France
2008 – Releases independent album The Journey on Vili V Music
2009 – Featured on the cover of Beacon Magazine (Southern Ontario’s Largest Christian Magazine) and wrote articles for TV Guide which were featured on its website, tvguide.ca

 Charity perfomances

• Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
• Canadian Red Cross
• Run for the Cure
• Juravinski Cancer Centre Harmony for Hope concert

 

Special performances

• Performed with Ronnie Hawkins at Honest Ed Mirvish’s birthday party
• Performed for Glass Tiger front man Alan Frew's wedding reception
• Warner Music Canada, Toronto
• The Sopranos Live, Hamilton and Toronto
• Burlington Jazz and Blues Festival, Burlington
• Sold-out concerts at the Sanderson Centre, Brantford
• The Elvis Presley Memorial Charity Dinner, the Peabody Hotel in Memphis
• The Art Park Theatre, Lewiston, N.Y.
• The Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls and Casino Windsor
• Has opened for country music legend George Hamilton IV
• Has performed with Canadian crooner recording artist Matt Dusk
• Numerous television and radio programs in North America and Europe
• Shared the stage with international comedy superstar Russell Peters
• Performed with three-time Grammy Award Winner and Canada Walk Of Fame recipient Walter Ostanek
• Performed in the same shows as Elvis Presley’s vocal group, The Jordanaires (who sang on all of his ‘50s and ‘60s hit recordings)
• Recorded and performed with seven-time CCMA Guitar Player of the Year, Wendell Ferguson
• Performed with illusionist Greg Frewin, international champion of magic and Niagara Falls star
• Performed (in Europe) with Slovenian recording artists Helena Blagne Daman and Alfi Nipic of the world-famous Avsenik band

Vili V's Discography

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Rave Reviews

If Elvis Presley were alive he would be speechless. That’s because Vili Verhovsek has his voice. You’d almost swear it.
– Hamilton Spectator

Vili V’s voice moves from low-key, smoothly persuasive to full-throated, tightly sprung. He can belt out a song such as ‘Amore’ … and find the insistent beat of ‘Mack The Knife.’”
– The Tribune