Natalie Nicolas

Dr. Natalie Nicolas, Sydney composer, researcher, educator, holds a Master's and PhD from Sydney Conservatorium of Music on scholarship. Her emotionally driven music aims at evoking calm and catharsis. This is exhibited in "We Won't Let You Down" for ACO Collective, which was featured on an ARIA nominated album in 2019. Nicolas has composed for esteemed orchestras and ensembles like the TSO, SSO, CSO, winning ASQ Andrew Ford National Composers Forum (2013) and Harold and Gwenneth Harris Endowment for Medical Humanities Harris Award (2019/20). She has won competitions like the Flinders Quartet Composition (2017, 2019) and MSO Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Program (2021). Her works have featured globally, collaborating with Grammy award-winning piano duo, ZOFO. Recent premieres include "Sydney Dreaming" at Sydney Opera House with Omega Ensemble and "By the Tide of the Moon" by Flinders Quartet. Nicolas is releasing a new album with the Hush Foundation in 2024.

(Nov '23)